No I haven't fallen off the grateful wagon, just been too busy enjoying family to sleep let alone type....Here goes my joyful moments for today
*The thought of laying in bed with Klint and falling asleep a bit earlier tonight than all of last week. I LOVED staying up late, but I'm no spring chick anymore and I need some rest :-)
*Chatting with Emily. About nothing really, but getting really excited to spend some extra time with her when the boys go back to school (I'm trying really hard to think positive about that event).
*Having energy, motivation and desire to accomplish some of the many tasks on my to-do list. Didn't even get half of them done but I'm ok with that. It was nice to look forward to doing some of them instead of dreading them.
*Having Matthew's monkey friend (a stuffed animal my mom made) bring me a dandelion today. It made me smile. On the outside and inside. Man I love that boy.
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Finding joy in the moments of motherhood. Daily moments that: *made me SMILE *appreciate the sweet three kids that have been entrusted to me *feel joy in my decision to raise a family and be a stay at home mother *recognize the Lord’s hand in helping me to be successful as a Latter Day Saint woman and mother
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Daily Joyful Moments
Joyful Moments
Because of those "funkish" moments that I experience every once and while, I want to do as Elder Ballard counseled a few years ago and find joy in the moments of motherhood. To help me do that, I am going to try and write four motherly things that either (1) made me smile (2) appreciate the sweet three kids that have been entrusted to me (3) feel joy in my decision to raise a family and be a full time mom (4) recognize the Lords hand in helping me to be successful as a Latter Day Saint woman and mother.
I have to add that my life isn't perfect. I hope that if anyone ever comes across this blog and reads it (which I am doubtful of) and compares themselves to it, or feels guilt or bad about themselves that they'll realize these are the HIGH points of my life, not my every waking moments. I have terrible mothering moments all the time. And that's the problem, that's why I wanted to start this. I feel so much guilt (which I'm trying to only save for sin now) about the things I do wrong or could have done better, or didn't do at all, that it can be crippling on those funkish days. I'm not trying to pretend that my life is perfect or everything is rosy. Opposition in all things right? We have to have the bad to know the good, the sad to know the happy. Don't compare your low points with my high points. Deal?
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