i may not get more than 30 seconds alone in the bathroom - but my home has running water
8 month olds don't get tired of the "drop things off my tray" game - but at least i get to spend my days playing games with a baby ( side note - it is amazing what an 8 month old will consider edible)
there is ALWAYS someone needing me - but I know I am not alone in this great big world
somedays i want to cry - but more often i am laughing
my house plants may be dying...
but my son can grow a mean rock! (and sticks!)
the most important thing i may do today is kiss someones boo boos - but that IS important
life is better in colour! even if it is marker on your walls...
I haven't slept straight through the night in...years...but our bed is not short on love
there is always something on my floor but...wait, i got nothin for this one...there is always something on my floor...
believe it or not - as a mother of five (and wife to one) i still find it very easy to be totally self absorbed - i'm working on that...
our lives are not the sum of our dollars in the bank or the trips we have taken, and so on...but the ability to be present in the moment (i'm still working on that one too)
TODAY count your blessings, not your bills
your friends, not those who annoy you
the toes on your baby's feet, not your grey hairs
your kisses, not your dirty dishes.
think of the things you HAVE done, and not what you wish you had.
Gaze at the flecks of colour in your lover's eyes instead of what some celebrity is wearing
i pray that you understand, if I hold a opinion on something that is different from yours that does not mean i don't love you
I wish you could hear how beautiful it is here today, the birds singing in the fog...but this may have to do...
I have to go now...a bare bummed cherub just peed on me.
4 comments:
beautiful post from a beautiful person...wonderful momma and someone I am blessed to not only call my friend but my family. Thank-you...I needed to be reminded of all I do have...xo
This is so very timely...you never know when the words you write will help a friend who needs a reality check, some perspective, and a reminder to value all the blessings in our lives. Thanks so much.
Oh, gosh, I was just thinking this morning that I could go through the whole house and name at least 10 things either on the floor, the chairs, the counters or the couch or well...in places they are not supposed to be...but who cares? It's an endless battle really. But it does end, it ends when they grow up. When we will, believe it or not miss it, huh?
Beautiful post.
I can relate to so much of this! I need to hear all of that today. I think everything we own is currently on my living room floor. Thank you!
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