A few hours ago, my youngest,Brock walked out to catch the bus. I watched this 15 year-old Boy/man from the window and wondered....where has the time gone....I stood there for a long while reminiscing...and I thought of this story that I wanted to share.
Being a mom has at times been exhausting, and often I wondered if I was the one for this job......This reality was very evident several years ago. After surviving a stressful morning with 3 boys under 5, I was feeling discouraged, frustrated and disappointed in my roll as the mommy. The door bell rang and I answered it clad in an old Aspen tee shirt, shorts and hair in a pony tail, as I opened the door, the older gentleman on the other side, looked at me and asked, “Is your mommy home?” I stared back at him and said as nicely as I could muster, “I AM the mommy.” I know he meant well…and it could be taken as a complement….However, in the state of mind I was, I told myself “See, even he doesn't think you should be the mommy.”
I slouched down against the closed door and cried, “I really do not want to be the Mom today…someone else needs to be the mommy.” As the minutes creep by and I continued to lean against the door, I felt this tiny hand on my shoulder and sweet toddler breathe on my skin. “I Wov you mommy,” he declared, and laid his head on my shoulder. Yup, I could do it another day…this motherhood thing. Sometime encouragement comes in the smallest and unexpected packages.
As Grammy used to say "This too shall pass"....and it does...very quickly.
If you are in the trenches of motherhood,know there are many that can relate to the "tough" days. Hang in there....it is worth it!
What a great story!
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