*Laughing. Laughing hard with husbando. Reminded me of driving around Logan and Northern Utah when we "weren't" dating. So much stress is gone, and our date of doing nothing but doing it together was wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. I want to spend forever with you..ok?
*Laying on soft soft carpet with a sweet sweet one year old laying on my chest sucking his thumb. We stayed like that for a good 10 minutes. I LOVED it. Thanks Dane. And thanks Lindsey for letting me enjoy your kids for the afternoon. It helped to remind me why I love staying at home and how much I really do love children.
*Feeding the ducks. With Matthew. Again, I was reminded of how crazy I am about him. It's been a rough month. I was so glad to have spent that 30 minutes with you Mattie, there is nothing in this world I would have rather done than that. I loved listening to you name each and every duck, goose, and lone seagull (in Lubbock?), laugh when you hit the birds with the bread, bound with each step, eyes light up when they put your doughnut in it's very own little plastic case, and held my hand as we ran to the playground. I love you Matthew. I'm going to be so much better. I'm going to be more patient and understanding and loving. You desire it.
*Finding the perfect sweater for Justin to wear in his pictures tomorrow. And having a husband who loves me enough to listen while I worry and contemplate clothes for a family picture, make suggestions, and just smile at me when when I admitted I couldn't sleep because I was thinking too much about the pictures. I'm a bit crazy, but lucky for me he seems to like that :-)
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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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