Imperfect

Nobody's perfect.  We all know that.  And though most of the posts on this blog center around happy moments with my kids, there are definitely unhappy ones too.

I am not supermom.  And do not want to convey that at ALL through this blog.  I mean, would you all still read if I posted all the rough days and not happy ones?

Let me tell you about some of my days.  Some days, I don't make it out of my pjs.  I ride through the carpool line in fuzzy slippers, pjs, glasses, and makeup from the day before.  I have forgotten to sign report cards.  (Well ONE report card).  I have forgotten lunches and water bottles for my kids for school.  Sometimes dinner is STILL on the table the next morning.  Rarely, but it happens.  I forget to brush my kids teeth sometimes. (!yeah.true!) I forget to brush MY teeth sometimes. 

My kids bite.  Hit.  Yank things out of each other hands.  Lock each other out of rooms.  And hide each others toys.  And I'm guilty of raising my voice at them.  Some days there is a child crying all.day.long.  Or so it seems.

The other day, Landon threw an exercise ball at Lillian's head and it cut her eye.  There was discipline and tears. (And secretly I would have loved to have seen that happen - like how much air it got leaving her face)

They call each other names.  Lately it's "poo poo" and usually Lillian doing the name calling. 
 
I won't even tell you how long my sometimes bathrooms go without a GOOD scrub down.  Or how sometimes, I choose sleep or a couch break over laundry and mopping.  My sinks are rarely "toothpaste-glob" free.

 I promise...I can't and don't "do it all".

 BUT, I will say that I've seen changes in me.  I've seen my patience grow over the years.  My perspective shift a little.  I feel a less entitled to "my own time" and am OK if I don't get to leave the house and do something every.single.day.  I'll have ALL day to myself before I know it.  I know that on my deathbed, I'm not going to say, "Goodness, I wish I had had more time to myself when my kids were younger!"

 I guess you would call it contentment with my life right now.  And hope to keep growing and learning.

We ALL get overwhelmed sometimes.  But you just have to pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and KEEP GOING!


So to all mommies out there:


You are doing a GREAT JOB!


You are valuable and blessed and your hard work does not go unnoticed!! 

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. "
Matthew 6:19-21