Today I was a good mom.
I might even go so far as to say, I was kind of a good person too!
That’s not too bad, you know, considering I barely left my house, let alone my bed all day long.
{i’m sick, oh so sick….with something WAY worse than any man cold. it’s a MIDDLE CHILD cold.}
But, I woke up…and I got Taylor to school on time.
I smiled at him, and I was patient, and as he happily skipped in through the school gates, I thought…..”Look at that, he’s happy! In the morning even!”
And then because my throat was hurting and I felt the slightest feelings of aches in my bones, I decided it was a stay in bed day.
Besides, the rain was on it’s way.
And rain means, you stay in, and preferably in bed.
{this is what living in Washington all those years taught me.}
This made me an EXTRA cool mom, because Chloe got to snuggle up with mama, and watch TV all day!
After every show ended, she’d look up at me with her big brown eyes and ask, “Is it my turn again?!?”
Because usually she and Taylor (and sometimes she and I) have to take turns watching our shows.
the family that shares the tv together, stays together…
or something along those lines…
And all day I felt like I wasn’t quite sick enough to be in bed, but not well enough not to not be….if you know what I mean.
But it’s always better to be safe than sorry, so when guilt kicked in, I kicked it back out….because sometimes logic wins over guilt.
so the therapist tells me…and i’m learning.
And then….
I showered!!!
And got dressed!!!
All in time to pick up Taylor, drop him off for piano, RUSH to Trader Joes, and then back again just in time to pick him up.
I was ON IT.
Even though I was deathly sick.
We came home, did homework, played video games….
I made dinner.
And yes, I do consider milk and cereal dinner.
AND, being that I was on my game, I even gave them watermelon for dessert.
See?!?
I know a thing or two about nutrition.
I downloaded new games onto Taylors phone {which has no internet or phone service I feel the need to add}…..because his baby (high maintenance) ways have been less and I wanted to let him know I noticed.
And then I unloaded and loaded the dishwasher.
And I put BOTH kids to bed by myself, while sick, and not once did I lose my cool.
I was the good time mom today.
And I think I did pretty darn well if I do say so myself.
And…(i promise this is final “and”)….because I am SO unbelievably hard on myself especially when it comes to being a mom, I needed to notice this today.
I needed to write it down.
Being an amazing mom doesn’t mean being perfect, I’m learning this.
Slowly…it’s still sinking in.
It doesn’t mean you don’t have problems, and it doesn’t mean you always smile and never ever do you yell.
Being an amazing mom means loving on your kids even when things are hard.
It is shown when you find the will to fight and go on and on the days you can’t, you just snuggle them close in bed and let them know they are still loved and cared for.
I think I did that today.
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on another note….
it’s been heavily on my heart to do a missions trip to Uganda.
that much is clear.
there is an opportunity to go with my church in June, but i’d have to commit by the end of this week.
if this is THE trip i’m intended to be on, God would truly need to open doors and make it clear.
so, if you’re the prayin’ type, send one up for me would ya?
xoxo
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First of all- these pictures are priceless. Your daughter cracks me up in the first one!
Next- I, also, would like some posted working hours. 3pm cutoff is perfect.
And finally prayers! That you feel better and have some clarity about the missions trip, which sounds amazing.
Most of us moms ARE hard on ourselves so I think it’s important to recognize when we’ve done good. Past yourself on the back all you want friend. xoxo
“Being an amazing mom doesn’t mean being perfect”
Thank you for this. I have a 7 month old who was a product of a date rape. I’ve been having a hard time being everything she needs me to be. Yesterday was one of those days. Sometimes it’s seeing the simplest of things that helps me.
p.s. you have my prayers that God will show you what you should do for your trip.
Michelle,
Wow. Your comment took my breath away….thank you for sharing part of your story. You ARE an amazing mom, simply for what you are doing. You made a tough decision and I am incredibly proud of you! YOU are incredible. xoxo
I guess I just always thought “doing well” meant grand gestures….and now I realize it’s the little moments. and i’m good at little moments. =)
You did it! All the necessary stuff, then took care of yourself, then made yourself presentable, fed your kids a meal they love, put them to bed, and learned what it means to be an amazing mom. No complaining either, which would have probably erased everything. Proud of you, Summer!
Mary!!! I want you to teach me all the ways you were a good mom and how your kids turned out so well….because I want to be JUST LIKE YOU. =) Seriously. How about you write a book for me? Love you!
I am so “done” by 3 oclock too. which is coincidentally around the same time the big kids get home from school. Weird.
I think as moms we are all too hard on ourselves and lets face it times have changed dramatically from when we were kids and our moms were SAHM 100% and would juggle one million things. We now have more things to juggle. I love being a mom 95% of the time it is joy to my heart but 5% of the time I just want to do something I want to do. You have just inspired me to take notice of my good mom moments. 🙂 Thank you as always!