No…I have not fallen off the face of the earth…I am just hanging out over here with my bags…yes…my under eye bags.
We are currently in the age of new stress…one that involves absolutely NO time to be able to get any work done when the kids are home. Literally. It is impossible now.
Back in the days before I could get a little during the day with naps or a good cartoon on TV…but these active boys no longer are having it.
So currently the days off of school I am 100% mom. And I have come to be ok with it. It was not easy…I will admit…giving up my wants to go on bike rides, play ground trips or ANYTHING to wear them out. But I have come to the conclusion that one day I will look back on this and wish for more of it. Right now these boys adore me and Joe…and I know this will not alway be the case. The 100 “I love you’s” we randomly get through out the day will cease. So between the 100 times of asking for something else to do or something else to get or another bottom to wipe I will take the sweet little “I love you mama” (s) that I get when I am exhausted and frustrated because I think that they are going to ask me for something yet again.
…I think those are just little lovies from God.
Little reminders that in the midst of the battle He is there and He will not give us anything we cannot handle. So while I am stressed to the MAX all day long because I am not getting one ounce of work done I will relish the “hey mom….I love you” and the HUGE bear hugs and open mouth kisses that I still get from each of them. I know that He will reward the times that I put down my phone or step away from my computer (evenoththough it is the FIRST 5 minutes I get to do what I want to do all day) to draw rainbows and beach umbrellas with Jake because he asked me to…or play superheros with Brock because he asked me to…or tickle, tickle and tickle Holt because he cannot sit still for one moment.
Ahhhhh…how I dream of the days of having office hours EVERY week day while they are ALL at school…it will be here before I know it and I will then be wishing for moments in these days all over again.
Thank you to you out there who have given me this perspective. I adore the wisdom and words you have given to me and Joe during this season of life…especially when we are at our wits end and really just want to curl up under the blankets together and forget it all.
I read this on a sweet still to meet one day mom friend of mine on Instagram…and was so thankful for it at this time in my life:
The world says “Children are a burden”
God says “Children are a blessing”
The world says “Try not to have more than two or three children”
God says “Blessed is the man who has many children”
The world says “Children get in the way”
Jesus says “Let all the little children come to me”
The world has diminished the high calling of motherhood to little more than a “stop over” on the highway of life.
But God says “a wife of strong character is rare – she is worth far more than jewels” Prov. 31:10
(and yes…strong character comes from having kids!!)
**disclaimer**
This comes from a household mother with three beautiful healthy children…I know I am so blessed and am so thankful for these “stressful” problems in life…it’s all relative isn’t it?!?
Hope you all had an INCREDIBLE halloween and have beautiful weekends. Here’s to prayers answered on getting to FINALLY work on my blog again someday soon!
Know that I am a busy bee every night editing your sessions, weddings and working on your albums…so keep in touch…I swear I am still here!!!