*Getting up and reading this morning. Coming out and realizing I read for over an hour and half, I was pretty sure it was only 45 minutes...awesomeness. Having a lovely husbando who got up when the kids woke up and allowed me the time I needed to read. double awesomeness.
*Getting back into bed to cuddle with previously mentioned husbando for almost another hour while the kids played ( and watched a little tv).
*Going on a lunch date with husbando. Eating some fine tastin' steak. Not so joyful---feeling so full I want to burst... well into the evening.
*For the last two nights I have found pictures under my pillow and under my blanket that Matthew has left for me. What a sweetheart.
*Going to a special Woman's Night Out where our Stake Relief Society Presidency showed a talk from this years Woman's Conference. It was hilarious and inspiring. Lovely.
*Emily hugging me tightly and "sobbing" when I got home (well past her bedtime) because she missed me so much.
*My family. My wonderful, joyful little family in Texas. Knowing that what I'm doing is what I should be doing. Feeling grateful I can be apart of these three childrens lives. Feeling inspired to forgot myself and my worries and focus more on them and what I can do to help them feel loved and help to empower them to navigate this world that surrounds 'em.
*Just feeling joyful.
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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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