Many years ago, I started a blog by a different name and began chronicling the life of our family. Austin was our only child and life was all about figuring out the parenthood thing without failing miserably. I'm still trying to figure out the parenting thing and some days I do fail miserably.
But if there's one thing I've learned over the last seven and a half years, it's that being a mom takes 3 very important things:
1} Faith: believing that God is sovereign over the lives of your kids and that if you pray for them to get caught when breaking the rules...they will.
2} Sense of Humor: this will get you through almost any situation you encounter on your parenting journey. Christmas card picture sessions, bedtime routines {or hostage negotiations as we like to refer to it. Parents typically play the role of the hostage}, church and school drop offs {suddenly the roles are reversed and your kids treat you as if you're sending them into a hostage situation.} Please note that "Trips to Walmart" was nowhere to be found on that list. Because there are some things that even a sense of humor can't help you survive.
3} The ability to find the beauty in the messy: make no mistake, your house will look like a wreck most of the time. There will be snot. And vomit. And also, days when your husband kindly informs you that if laundry is not done soon, he will be going to work sans pants in the immediate future. But most importantly, there will be laughter. And memory making. And moments when you want to stop time so that you will never forget the feel of their baby hand in yours.
1} Faith: believing that God is sovereign over the lives of your kids and that if you pray for them to get caught when breaking the rules...they will.
2} Sense of Humor: this will get you through almost any situation you encounter on your parenting journey. Christmas card picture sessions, bedtime routines {or hostage negotiations as we like to refer to it. Parents typically play the role of the hostage}, church and school drop offs {suddenly the roles are reversed and your kids treat you as if you're sending them into a hostage situation.} Please note that "Trips to Walmart" was nowhere to be found on that list. Because there are some things that even a sense of humor can't help you survive.
3} The ability to find the beauty in the messy: make no mistake, your house will look like a wreck most of the time. There will be snot. And vomit. And also, days when your husband kindly informs you that if laundry is not done soon, he will be going to work sans pants in the immediate future. But most importantly, there will be laughter. And memory making. And moments when you want to stop time so that you will never forget the feel of their baby hand in yours.
Parenting is not for the faint of heart. The sleepless nights, moments of worry, and tantrums threaten to break you, but then these short versions of yourself look at you in complete adoration. Suddenly you realize that, while you may not feel like it, in their eyes you are super mom capable of conquering mountains of laundry in a single day and destroying closet monsters at night. At least until they hit their teenage years, and by then I'm guessing our role looks more like the director of a drama that could win all sorts of academy awards. Not to mention some kind of Olympic gold medal. But for now, I think I'll savor these moments...
I decided to start this new blog to celebrate the fact that we get to choose to either focus on the mess or look for the lovely not just in motherhood but life in general. I hope you'll excuse the crazy and come back as often as you can to join me in being thankful that He makes everything beautiful in His time.
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