Needless to say, things have been busy around here. I have about 500 started and never typed blog posts up in my brain but this has been on my heart in the last few days.
We went out to eat with some friends last week, and the ladies got in a conversation about the more annoying side of motherhood. Kids that won't potty train, kids that continue to wet the bed when we consider them well past the age, the constant spills, the whining, the fighting, the struggle it is to train kids when it's easier to do things ourselves. There was a time not long ago when I had to either flush or clean the toilet off every single time I was in the bathroom. It drove me nuts.
All I could think about was the women out there who didn't have sand in the sheets all the time, bathrooms that stayed clean, carpet that didn't have purple crayon on it.
I've said it before (and I'll say it again) - motherhood is not for the faint of heart. But I think it's meant to be that way. It's not an art that can be perfected.
I found this quote and thought it was just perfect for where I'm at right now.
"Cease endlessly striving for what you want to do and learn to love what must be done." Goethe
Learn to love what must be done.
Piles of laundry, cleaning a kitchen floor that will not stay clean for more than 5 minutes, washing and washing and washing the sheets again, patiently putting a band aid on yet another "wound" that will never bleed, dealing with a never ending mound of soggy beach towels and swimming suits, coming up with yet another snack for kids that seem to need to eat 12 hours a day...
I wouldn't trade my life with my littles right now for the most spotless house and all the time to myself and a cup of drink that is all mine. I just need to put my perspecticles on every now and then.
Besides then things like this happen:
