Posts tagged mothers

You know, a rainy week can really make some major mood swings appear with a pregnant mommy!  I mentioned this has been an “off” week for us.  Some other tidbits:

• This morning (about an hour ago), my mom surprised us by knocking at the door and offering to take Charlotte for the morning.  I can’t express how much this gesture means to me!  I know I have said it before, and I can’t say it enough: we are so blessed to have grandparents close by.  After a rough day yesterday, I think a morning “off” is just what I needed (and Charlotte was MORE than happy to go with her…she couldn’t get out the door fast enough!). My mom is amazing.  :)

• Speaking of moms…mother’s day is this weekend!  I’m looking forward to a pedicure on Saturday, and family time all day Sunday.  The biggest blessing of my life was becoming a mommy, and of course celebrating ALL moms is so important—not just on mother’s day!  You never realize how much your own mother sacrificed for you until you become a mother yourself!

• The tanning mom.  Need I say more?  If you haven’t heard about her, all you have to do is Google “tanning mom”.  This woman apparently took her 5 year old daughter to a tanning bed, and is being charged with child endangerment after her daughter was burned in a tanning bed.  

• Next week I start back to summer classes.  I have made a decision to put my last practicum on hold, and to finish up my last 2 classes in my program instead.  I really, really wanted to graduate this summer…but with the baby coming before the semester’s end, we decided it would be best if I put my focus on my classes.  When I entered this graduate program (in 2009), I never thought it would be such a long road.  I always wondered why mothers talked about how hard it was to go back to school with kids, or finish school, or balance it all.  I now know first hand just how difficult this is.  It would be so easy to give up,  get a random job and never look back.  But I am determined to finish…and God is telling me to take it easy and He will provide.  The day I receive my degree will be a reason to celebrate!!!

The seasons of life are funny.  Sometimes I think this “time” will last forever, and then I am reminded that as the years go by, new seasons come and go.

 I realized last night as I was thinking about how overwhelmed I am right now--that I am in a season of life.  Toddlerhood, pregnancy, a limbo period between finishing grad school and someday being a working mom.  It all seems very uncertain and daunting.  Andrew reminded me that one day I will look back and miss this.  Children grow up, life changes, and soon there will be a whole new season to worry about.  

I’m going to focus on trying to stay present.  To cherish every moment as I make memories with my family.  I think it’s a lesson we can all learn from :).

Happy Wednesday!