It can safely be said that the only good thing about winter is seeing the kids enjoy the snow. Oh, and maybe, how perfectly pretty it looks. The rest I could do with out all together. This is one of the only reasons you would see me out there in this nasty coldness....to join the begging gang of smiles.
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| George insisted that ALL of the backyard toys be taken out this day. Guess what didn't get put away afterwards and it now covered in 5 plus inches of snow out there? |
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| Guy smiley going for a ride. Traffic stops for no one around here. |
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| Miss Addy is afraid of nothing cold. Of nothing at all really. Watching her made me cold. Mama's a wimp. |
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| My own snow angel. Its true...she is in general, an angel. |
There are many times in a day, a week, where I am found doing things I don't necessarily enjoy 100%. Like sitting soaking wet in a snowbank for a hot minute too long in our backyard, coloring in same coloring books for the umpteenth time that week, or re-tucking in for the 8th time in that patience draining bedtime dance, cleaning up the microscopic Lego's after my fingers hurt from pulling them apart for a frustrated 7 year old for 16 hours straight.....the list can be endless.
( some exaggeration is necessary to make a point and almost always
when talking about a child )
I do count it all joy ( to a healthy degree, I'm human! ) with my creatures though because sometimes we must 'love' as an action, we just do it. You know, those things you'd rather not be doing at that exact moment. Sometimes its fun, sometimes its just bad timing so its not the blast it should be. BUT I see your facebook updates. I see you in your backyard when I head to the store. I see your kids sticky hands when you are late for church. I see your awesome parenting, heck, I wouldn't want to miss it!...I see you helping to build memories. You are awesome!!
I see your kids wrecking your kitchen while they are trying to make dinner 'with you'.
I see your kids building a ramp out of your freshly laundered clothes.
I see you cleaning up thousands of tiny stickers that are stuck to your tables after a craft. Hey....I'm doing it too.....we are in this boat together ( even with our half smiles...our hearts are pretty full).
At some point in my life someone did it for me. Someone did it for you. They showed us their love by making the time.
Getting on our level and looking us in the eye.
Laughing with us ( probably because of exhaustion but hey, I didn't know that !)
Its our turn. So , lets try and find it in us to always just do it because that is what they deserve ( ....and don't we always end up glad that we did in the end??). I'm doing better in this area and the more I just give in the easier it gets. I'm letting the dishes sit longer and the laundry piles get a little more ferocious. The mess ain't going anywhere. Trust me...Ive been praying and waiting on it. Just not happening. So run off and play. You cant afford not to.
"Truly
I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what
this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her." - See
more at:
http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Memories#sthash.mnD9ppuC.dpuf
Matthew 26:13
"Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole
world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of
her."
- See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Memories#sthash.mnD9ppuC.dpuf
Matthew 26:13
"Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole
world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of
her."
- See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Memories#sthash.mnD9ppuC.dpuf
'Truly I say to you, wherever the Gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."
Matthew 26:13
Matthew 26:13
"Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole
world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of
her."
- See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Memories#sthash.mnD9ppuC.dpuf
