Today has been an especially hard day for me. I am having trouble being patient with my kids. I sometimes get it in my head that I need to get this and that and the other thing done and seem to forget that my children need me. I had planned on letting Bernadette watch one of her videos today while Clare napped so I could get some things done. Well, I was impatient with Bernadette during chore time (she gets to watch a video if she does chores). I forget that she is just a 2 year old and that if I want her to get her chores done, I have to allow some silly time. Instead, I gave her a number of warnings before taking away the video reward and doing her chores for her.
Why am I posting this under the title Gratituesday? Well, because I need to step back and count my blessings before continuing on with my day.
I am grateful for... my husband. I am grateful that he has a good job so I can stay home with our kids. I am grateful that he loves me unconditionally and is only ever supportive. He is always patient with me and listens to my problems. Our family is always his main concern and I am confident that he will take care of us for the rest of his life.
I am grateful for... Bernadette. She is a wonderful daughter. Even though we have our bad moments, when it really counts, she always shines for me. She loves me.
I am grateful for... Clare. She is also a wonderful daughter. I often feel I don't spend enough time with her. When I do get the chance for some one on one play, her personality really shows. I am grateful that she has an easy going personality and is always good for a smile and a cuddle.
Now I'm ready to put my cleaning tasks for the day aside and give my kids the time they need with their Mama!
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Good for your for taking the time to realize this! I have 4 kids and just 2 are in school... and I also work at home sewing.... I too sometimes have to take a moment and remember why I am a stay at home mom and set aside that time to spend with my kids!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI have days like that too!! And it is a great reminder to step back from our to-do list and enjoy our kids. I think I need this reminder several times a day!!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to post this poem as you reminded me of it:
ReplyDelete"Babies Don't Keep"
Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth
empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
hang out the washing and butter the bread,
sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
Oh, I've grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(lullaby, rockabye, lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
and out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
but I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?
(lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
for children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.
-- Author Unknown