* deep breaths*
The past few weeks have been the kind of weeks that have flown by so fast and are filled with so much… that it feels like I just blinked my eyes, and its another week later. Like every other woman out there, I feel like I wear a million different hats. For the most part, I’m pretty good at juggling all those different hats. I thrive on being organized, and I would dare to say that I can be an excellent multi-tasker. Doing five loads of laundry while cleaning the house, editing photos, juggling phone calls and emails, making a grocery list and volunteering in Bella’s Kindergarten class? Yep. All done before noon, which is when I go pick up Ty from preschool and continue on with my day wearing my “mommy” hat so that Ty gets the attention and time that he needs from me. Lately, my mom has been staying with us while she works through tedious doctor appointments and exhausting tests {if you’re the praying kind, prayers are always appreciated over here!} so its been a blessing to have an extra pair of hands…. and yet it has caused me to wonder- when do mom’s ever stop being moms?
My mom has done her job raising two duaghters, and now, even as she battles health problems of her own, she is helping me with my day-to-day busyness! Does the “mom” switch ever turn off? Will I always scurry around like a mother hen, making sure my little chicks are taken care of? Is a mother’s job ever done?? Man…. I’m even more exhausted now, just thinking about it. Let’s face it ladies- motherhood is a dirty, thankless job. Which is why when I came home from a super busy weekend away with my kids, and I saw that my mom had CLEANED AND ORGANIZED MY PANTRY AND CUPBOARDS while we were gone, I made sure to thank her a thousand times over. Did I mention she had homemade spaghetti cooking in the crockpot too? That’s right. My mom is a superwoman. And now I suppose its my turn to put my big-girl pants on and learn to wear the cape as well as she does.
So here I am now. Sunday night. Looking with great enthusiasm at a fresh week of things to conquer. If you have emailed or called me, or are waiting on me for anything… I promise I haven’t forgotten! My Supermom cape doesn’t quite fit me yet, but I’m working on it. Some day I will wear it with accomplishment, just like my mom wears hers. But I bet hers will still be more crisply ironed
And for you {N} family, I am sorry I am getting this to you later than I thought, but it is coming soon!…. Happy Sunday night everyone!
by Bri