Monday, May 20, 2013

"I did nothing today"

Why dont moms give themselves credit. I know I struggle to do it and I hear all to often "I didnt get a thing done today." when in realtiy you kept the house up and running and the kids safe and warm. That in my book IS doing something but even I dont give myself credit for it. Just today I was thinking of my long list of things I wanted to get done and then thought to myself how I hadnt gotten anything done at all. When in reality when I actually stopped and thought through it I had done something. I had to mentally go through my day and reaize that I hadnt been sitting around that I had... 1. Fed and dressed two kids 2. watched a 3rd baby 3. gone grocery shopping with 3 kids 4. done two loads of laundry 5. made guest bed 6. planted my herbs 7. gone and picked up missing seeds I needed to complete garden 8. done a load of dishes 9. kept 3 children safe and happy .... do some of those seem like a stretch, sure, but they are things that I did accomplish not matter how miniscule. I shouldnt focus on the fact that the laundry still needs to be folded or the fact that there are still dishes to be done and make that make me feel like I have done nothing. As a mom there will be a never ending list of things we have to get done and we will never quite accomplish it all. We have to focus on what we have done!

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