I know most people want to come to my blog to see fun pictures of the kids doing things and everyone looking at the camera smiling. I have been feeling pretty down the last 2 weeks. It wasn't just one thing but a combination between not being able to get the house picked up and cleaned, the laundry done, Brier being sick, me not feeling up to par, dropping the ball on getting Brier signed up for t-ball, Dusty's job situation up in the air. I just haven't felt like I'm measuring up as a mom. And I could sit here and write about all the great things going on in our lives because they're plenty of them but sometimes it is okay to write about how sometime life isn't what it is in a magazine or on TV, sometimes being a mom and keeping it all together is hard, dang hard. And I think other moms should realize that we don't have to pretend it is all a fantasy (like we thought) all the time.
With that being said sometimes it is fun, lots of fun. Like last night. I've been wanting to take the kids to open jump night at Jump N Jungle for awhile but sickness or work has gotten in the way. Last night we gathered up and headed over there and we jumped and hit the slide until our hearts were content. I took my camera but you know what, I decided it was fun just to play without having a camera stuck in your face. We had fun and I didn't care that there was laundry to fold, dishes to wash and a floor that needs mopping at home, and it was good for the soul. It is easy to to get wrapped up in the whole "being a good mom" thing and forget what "being a good mom" really is about.
Then today my friend Holly sent me this blog, it is sad. If you don't feel like reading something sad. Just pray for this little girl, Layla Grace, to have peace now and her pain to be over with. But reading this blog today made me realize I need to stop and smell my kids neck after a bath and snuggle up to them a little more when they want to. I've realized to enjoy these days because they pass to quickly.
If you want to read her blog, click here. http://laylagrace.org
Make sure you scroll down and read the post Sleep, Valentines, and Regrets. It will make you stop and think.
He's our all boy, Daddy loving, amazingly messy, John Deere adoring, people pleasing, ultra sensitive, chocolate craving,brown eyed, mercifully giving, bed hopping, dangerously destructive, absolutely precious first born.
She's our total diva, big hearted, completely dramatic, very talkative, nurturing, terribly sassy, independent, fashion forward, fruit craving, Mommy helping, sorta sneaky, beautifully stunning second born!
Starzz
15 years ago
2 comments:
I like how instead of saying you sometimes need to "stop and smell the roses" and said "smell your kids necks"...haha...too sweet and so true. The smell of those sweet, healthy babies is more wonderful than any rose or any clean house! Amen!
I came across your blog a while back. I thought this post definitely merited a comment. You seem like a great mom!
I came across little Layla's blog last Wednesday and the same reaction. That day, I was having a huge pity party! I was feeling so sorry for myself. I read about Layla one day at lunch and cried and cried. I felt so guilty! I have a healthy child. I spend way too much time worrying about unimportant things, and often times forget what really matters!
Thanks for sharing!
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