My Kids Mother
Its been a few months since I posted. ***Update*** December 24, 2014 I gave birth to a 8lb 11oz baby boy named Noah. He is my 4th boy, the little blessing we didn't plan for. Recovery has been a little more rough this time around. I'm recovering from my 4th c-section and I now have a newborn and 3 other children who demand my attention. This is my life. My story. My journey.
"I doubt the Good Lord made a mistake giving your kiddos the mommy he did". - Bones (aka Trace Atkins) - Mom's Night Out
I love this quote. I watched Mom's Night Out and I must say, I LOVE this movie. A BIG plus for me it that it is a Christian based. This movie made me take a step back and take a look at my life. Yes I am not perfect.. My house is not spotless, I have a mountain of laundry that needs to be folded and put away. I have a sink full of dirty dishes, a dishwasher that is full of clean dishes that hasn't been emptied. There is a trail of toys from one of my house to the other. I have clutter in random places and a floor that needs to be vacuumed, but you know what? I have 4 wonderful boys who are fed, and happy and they love me for who I am... Their MOM!! I know the feeling of just wanting a few minutes to myself and feeling like the job I am doing isn't enough. This movie spoke to me in many ways and gave me a message I really needed to hear, that God didn't make a mistake when He gave me my kids and that what I do is important.
Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. - Romans 8:30 NKJV
I was put here for a purpose. To be my children's mom. To raise these boys into mighty men of God. To teach them manners, respect, and how to treat a lady. As women, wives, and moms we spend so much time beating ourselves up that we become exhausted. We get caught up in how much we weigh, how clean the house is, and trying to be perfect, that we forget what our main purpose is. Despite feeling like we are failing, we need to know we are exactly where God wants us to be and doing what God wants us to do. Even though the job is never ending and even though we sacrifice a lot of our freedom, body, clothes, and career (sometimes), what we do matters. We all know that, sure. But sometimes, we need to see it. We need to see other women who are having the same feelings. We also need to see that sometimes, the scale upon which we weigh our value and success, is a scale we ourselves create and make it impossible to measure up to. Over all we need to know we have a purpose, we have been called to be our children's
mother. The best JOB anybody can ask for.