Blessed

I am so very blessed!  On Wednesday, my mom and my sister came over and cleaned my house for me!  I am so thankful!  I have not been able to properly dust my house in months it seems, and it is so nice to have everything clean and dust free!  While they cleaned my house, I cleaned my oven.  And then later on, mom stayed and held Baby B for me so I could nap.  Lately I'll get her down for a nap, and as soon as I lay down, she starts crying.  It makes sleep rather difficult.

The other day I came down the stairs to see all four of my kids playing/sitting/coloring, and I just thought to myself 'look at how blessed we are!  Look at those wonderful little people!  God has blessed us so much!'.  I just cannot get over it... we are a family of 6 here on earth (plus one in heaven, as my oldest two like to say).  I have given birth to these little ones... each with their own personality.  Each with their own likes and dislikes.  Each one different from anyone else in existence, and yet each of them similar to each other in one way or another.  I am a mom!

I am blessed!

Sure, it makes things difficult at times.  It's hard to get enough sleep, I get tired of doing laundry and cooking what feels like all the time, and I cannot seem to keep the house clean and clutter free for longer than one or two minutes (don't get me started on mopping the floor.  I've determined that it's just a fools' errand already, even though it does feel so nice to have clean floors even if it is only for 5 minutes tops).  But in the grand scheme of things... it doesn't matter.  These things are prime teaching tools... and not just for the kids!  I like to call my two year old a character builder.  She can sure frustrate the crazies out of me (sometimes I really feel like I'm going insane), but I have to exercise patience, love, kindness, and gentleness regardless of how I feel in that moment.  I still have a lot to learn, but I'm sure more will come as time moves on.

Life moves along.  Most often I just move along with it... but it is in those moments where I suddenly take a step back out of myself and just look at this family, these people, these blessings, when I feel full.  A small 'pause' in the fast paced world that is the life of a mom.  A moment that hits you, and then is gone, lingering in the back of the mind, making one wish they could get it back again in case you missed something. 

Here's to more moments like those.