My floors are A MESS! I was sitting on the floor with A yesterday and we were goofing around laughing and I couldn't help but notice the untidy floors. Cheerios, dust bunnies, you name it, it was (well, is) on our floors. When was the last time I swept our floors??!? There was a time not too long ago that I was sweeping at least once a day if not more but lately God has been showing me a new outlook on priorities and I have to tell you it has been freeing. Ever since A was born I had this self imposed outlook that since I was no longer in corporate America the house should be sparkling clean, the dishes put away, fancy dinners on the table, ect. But when I think about it, why am at home? Among other reasons, to introduce A to the world, set an example for her, offer structure, eventually discipline, but mostly because I love her and have been blessed with the opportunity to be home with her. When I chose to be a stay at home mom it was not so I could have a beautiful kept house. As Mother's Day approaches I can look back on my childhood and remember my mom making scavenger hunts for us to find our lunches, making up dance moves with me in the living room, helping me before my spelling tests. And for as much as I am very confident she did make our dinners, do the dishes, and clean and iron our clothes those are not the memories I will look back on and cherish. I am extremely confident that R would look back on his childhood with his mom in the same way. We never felt like interruptions to our moms when I am sure they both had very long and continual to-do lists and I never want A to feel like an interruption in my day. So my floors with eventually be swept and the dishes will eventually get put away but for now I am looking forward to when A wakes up and I can sit on the floor with her snuggled in my lap reading a book or high above my head flying through the rooms like a airplane.
A special Happy Mother's Day to my mom and R's mom for all the times you chose us over your to-do lists! We love you!
Wow, I don't think I could have said it better myself. I am excited to read in someone else's words the same feelings that I have been having regarding L's childhood and my untidy house. It is amazing how every aspect of life changes with mommyhood and how old priorities are suddenly not so important anymore. Love you and Happy Mother's Day =)
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