Happy Mother's Day!!

I originally wrote this post around Mother's Day. Then....blogger crashed and it disappeared somewhere. Seriously?! I hate doing work twice, I barely have time to do it the first time! :)

Anyway. I hope everyone had a good Mother's Day last month. Justin treated me and my parents to brunch at the Prime and Wine, and we just spent the rest of the day taking care of a very unhappy Austin who was not feeling well from an ear infection.

I ran across these words from another blog, and I thought they were worth reposting, as I thought there was a lot of truth to them. I believe these words are a good reminder to let the little things go, take a deep breath and enjoy every blessing God gives you even when it doesn't seem like a blessing!


"I grow increasingly convinced that God values children much, much more than we do.

We value a clean floor more than children. We value free time more than children. We value the good dishes more than children. We value going out to eat or watching grown-up television shows more than we value children.

All the world, including the church, tells us that children are a bother, perhaps even a mistake. If you don’t believe that, introduce a family with many babies into your church and see how long it takes for someone to say, “They know what causes that, don’t they?”

We have let the world convince us that a large family is a curse, when the Bible clearly teaches that many children are a blessing, a sign of God’s great favor.

If I had the choice right now, there would be more children in my family. And I think I might be brave enough to let God decide how many.

I remember that it seemed a little frantic around my house when the children were little. I never got “it all” done, whatever “it all” is. There was not much privacy or money or free time. There was lots of laundry and garbage and stinky stuff. The boys were going to be 2 and 4 forever. It was never going to end.

Don’t get me wrong - I enjoyed my boys. But it was all colored by that worldly, selfish, hurry-up-and-grow-up attitude. And then it was over. I woke up one morning and they were almost as tall as me. The next day, or so it seemed, they didn’t even live with us. Now there is not much garbage or laundry or stinky stuff. And there is much more privacy and money and free time.

I’d trade it all in a heartbeat.

I would do laundry around the clock if it meant I could have one more day with my little boys in my home. I want the piles of blue jeans back. If my family had been larger, perhaps I would have grown in wisdom and learned to treasure the tiny victories and agonies of everyday. Perhaps not, but at least it would have lasted longer.

You think they’ll be little forever. You can’t imagine being able to handle – afford – care for another little life. But you can. And it will be over before you know it, with plenty of years left to use the good dishes. "



I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day and took time to thank you mom, and tell her "Happy Mother's Day!"

Becky