One day,
You will grow into what God has called you to be.
One day,
You will have tears of hurt flowing down your face.
One day,
You will experience success and defeat.
One day,
You will no longer need me to be by your side everyday.
Until then I promise,
To teach you the word of God and every promise Jesus has promised you.
Until then I promise,
To teach you to lean on God's word for strength.
Until then I promise,
To teach you to share the blessings that God provided for you.
Until then I promise,
To stay by your side as long as you walk on this earth.
Don't you ever lose your innocence and peace as you fly through this life.
Being a mom of three has its challenges. One of them is not being able to go to the bathroom by myself. Yes, it is real. All those memes you see on Facebook about motherhood. Every. Single. One.
Especially this one:
I'm pretty much look like the last barbie no matter how hard I try. That's for another article...
Ok, one more:
Haha. I love all these memes. Don't get me started on the memes about having a husband with kids combine, I'll end this blog with Rafiki.
Even though there is times I feel like I can't. I just can't be the best mom or I can't deal with the behavioral piece or emotional piece. I remind myself what I heard from a great friend of mine.
She listened to my struggles and complaints, then she half smiled and said:
"Be grateful that you still are able to have those struggles."
My heart sunk. She told me she lost her daughter at age 15 due to a car accident. No words will never come close to sharing what she feels everyday knowing she is not with her. She said she wishes her daughter was there and that she was going through a struggle like all teenage mom should be going through. But she's not.
My heart skipped a beat.
I'm glad I get to clean up the water near the tub because my daughter splashed water during a fun bath time.
I'm glad I get to hear my soul daughter cry her eyes out because she wants to wear the dress to go hiking and not her shorts.
I'm glad I get to clean my house after realizing my son went outside to play in the mud and came inside and put mud everywhere!!
I'm grateful to have those wonderful struggles because there are parents out there that won't get that opportunity.
I praise and thank Jesus over and over again because I get to still have those struggles.
Having all three may be crazy sometimes but they each hold a piece of my heart and without them I will not be whole.
My son is fearless, bold and wild.
My soul daughter is mysterious, talkative and strong.
My daughter is bold, courageous and independent.
Without that in my life where would I be?
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