The other day I woke up on the WRONG side of the bed.. You know one of those days when you wake up and are annoyed by your two year old automatically when they are completely innocent (hopefully I'm not the only one this happens to). Anyway, we were trying to leave town that day and I had a million things to do. I had to pack for the entire family, clean out the car, I wanted to clean the house, I needed to do a few loads of laundry, we had to go run two errands and somehow I needed to fit a shower in all before we left. In the middle of all of this my kids decided that they needed to poop all morning. Between the hours of 9:00-10:30 I literally changed 5 poopy diapers between the both of them (I'm caught, Sawyer isn't potty trained yet). So by about the 3rd diaper I angrily picked one of the kids up and angrily took them to the changing table and the entire time I was thinking, "how did my life get to this point? I am good at so many other things yet here I am changing and wiping poop up all day long." I sat there changing a diaper feeling purposeless in my life.
And then about the 4th poopy diaper I had a reality shift. I sat there looking at my precious baby girl who had poop running up her back and yet she was sitting there cooing and smiling at me. I sat there and realized that this was my job and what an amazing job it truly is. It should be my HONOR and I should be finding JOY even in wiping poop off these kiddos. I realized at that point that I could either fight it and be a bitter stay at home mom OR I could surrender to this reality of poop, pee and other bodily fluids and find joy in all of it. I am so lucky and sometimes in the routine of our days at home I lose sight of just how lucky I am.
Anyone else been there?! Please tell me I'm not the only one.
I was reminded of this verse after I had this reality shift..
"You have shown me the path that leads to LIFE; your presence fills me with JOY and brings me PLEASURE forever." Psalm 16:11
Thank you Jesus for the path that you have set for me, I continue to pray that I will find Joy in all of it, even when it's stinky poop ;)
You are NOT the only one. I have these days often. : ) Love this post and your honest words. You are super mom juggling a toddler and newborn! Thank you for this reminder. It's really easy to lose sight of the blessing in all the chaos!
ReplyDeleteOh, love the new blog design as well!! I am having Lindsey redesign mine sometime soon too.
ReplyDeleteYou're not the only one who wakes up aggravated before the shenanigans even begin. =)
ReplyDeleteyou are NOT alone! :) congrats on your sweet baby girl.
ReplyDeleteYep- I find myself there often. I think it's Satan's way of stealing the joy and trying to get us off the track of setting an example for our kids to follow.
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