One of those days.......

Today, was one of those days. Nothing can knock your confidence down a few pegs like being a stay at home mom. Some days you realize you are in the same pair of pajamas for a few days now ( not because you want to be), which contains spit up, milk, food, snot, pee and many other undesirable  things. You realize how bad your social skills are when you go out. You try to avoid all eye contact in fear that someone may actually try to talk to you.....do you know what this could mean? It could mean, a couple of melt downs, a child having to pee "really, really bad" which then means they ALL have to pee "really, really bad" as well, children who are not just hungry children but ones who are "starving" and a partridge in a pear tree. Some days your confidence drops so low, you just stare out the window into the outside world and wonder what people of other professions do all day, the outfits, conversations, sitting down to eat and actually eating the food you sat down to eat and uninterrupted potty breaks. It's hard not to lose yourself in the wonderful ( I promise, it's wonderful, although it sounds less than glamourous....but it has it's own glamour, in it's own way) life of a stay at home mom. Who am I? How did I ever get to caring so little about my appearance and how others saw me? Will I ever sleep again? Am I a good mom? Am I making the right choices? ( How can they possibly be hungry again???) When is the last time I had alone time with my husband? Normal every day things can be harder than winning an Olympic gold medal, you know? Like eating, peeing, showering, changing your clothes......No one said it was going to be easy ( and in all honesty, everyone writes about pregnancy and labor and it's difficulties, but that's the easy part of all this. You get drugs after you have a baby, no one gives you drugs for raising them.....I joke.....kind ok). Your value is great though! You took your entire self and gave it ALL to your children. You take every second or every day to build your children's character and self worth, even if it means yours plummets. You love these little mo

nsters more than life itself. Their benefit of your benefit. You are raising the future of our world. You are needed, you are great, you are your kids world and that's the only posse and "click" that you need. Keep your chin up ( because if you look down for a second I can almost guarantee someone is destroying something and getting into trouble). God designed you to be.......mom.