How many times have you sat down to write things out and say to yourself "I will start blogging." "I will keep it up." only to find 3 weeks later you have only made two entries. Or you forget all about it when Life rears its ugly head, only to come across your blog 2 years later and go "oh yeah I remember starting that" Yep I have been there too, many times actually. Well now here we go again. I always seem to have all these things running around my head but never seem to remember them to put them down in writing. Sometimes they are funny, sometimes thought provoking, and sometimes just plain dull. However, this time I am going to challenge myself, to try and put those many thoughts into words.
A new beginning.
The Summer officially started the end of May, but our family's busy schedule has just begun. One of the things I have my kids do everyday is read a book for at least one hour and then write me a summary of what they read. Yeah I am a mean mom, and yes I do know its summer, blame the educator in me. So if I can make my kids read and write the least I can do is do the same thing.
OK picked up this little book at a Christian bookstore called Mardel in Independence, Mo.. Anyway the book is called 1001 Things It Means To Be a Mom... surprisingly enough its actually fairly accurate so far in the reading.. I was totally shocked that it was written by a MAN!!!
So I will be periodically sharing some of these thoughts.. and my reactions to them. The first one was ..
1. "Being a mom means thinking your the luckiest person in the world."
I love this as its actually very true.. I have 3 wonderful children. They are 15 year old Chris, 12 year old Becca, and 10 year old Thomas. For the most part they are really great kids, yes they have their issues, but don't we all? For other people they are perfect angels, always behaving, minding their manners, friendly, and outgoing, but for us their parents, they can be very trying. In the BIG picture though, I can look at them and say they are not THAT bad. They are your typical siblings, fighting over games, who sits where at the dinner table, and who didn't do it. They are also some of the sweetest kids I know. They love to snuggle up against you while watching movies, hug you until you want to scream, hang on you in public, and love you unconditionally. Becoming a mother was one of the BEST things that has ever happened to me. As the quote says I do think I am the luckiest person in the world. I have been blessed by God with 3 healthy children, who are just that children. I have also been blessed with a wonderful husband who has provided us with a comfortable life, and me with the ability to be a Stay at Home Mom and watch these children grow in ways that I never thought I would be able to see. I look at my children and see them growing taller than me, and learning all the things I can teach them, and realize how lucky I am. I get to watch them grow up daily, not work in a job all day only seeing them for a few hours before they nod off in their beds, and one day realize they are grown.. I get to snuggle on the couch with them every day during the summer while watching cartoons. I have the blessed ability to take them down the street to get a soft serve ice cream at 2:30 in the afternoon, just because I am there and can. I also am lucky enough to be able to sit and enjoy those chocolate chip cookies that my daughter recently removed from the oven just because she wanted to bake.
I could look at my kids and try comparing them to their peers and in some cases cringe and say "oh my at least my kids don't act like that!" or I can look at them and say " WOW, my kids are growing up as kids, doing all those things that KIDS do." I AM the luckiest person in the world because my kids are just that... Still KIDS. and I wouldn't change anything. Even when I am pulling my hair out because Thomas is teasing Becca, and Becca is Screaming at Chris, and Chris is oblivious while listening to his headphones too loudly, I wouldn't change it.
I love my kids.
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