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This Job of Mine


Gosh I love this job of mine! It has been somewhat of an adjustment for me to be a stay-at-home mom and I will honestly tell you it is the hardest thing I've ever done, but at the end of each exhausting, jam-packed day I look at the lashes that dance across the lids of those beautiful girls eyes and I feel heaven. I feel it smiling down on me letting me know that the tantrums and the messes and the whining and the fighting and every little thing that makes me want to pull-my-hair-out and scream-at-the-top-of-my-lungs is part of this life and my opportunity for learning and growth as God teaches me patience. And boy am I learning them! Thankfully mixed in with all that hard character-building stuff is the beautiful moments I wouldn't trade for the world. The    colored pictures and the notes and giggly grins and hugs and kisses and cuddling and story time and my foot rub punch card and those moments when I really get to teach them something I think is important. Those are the moments I cherish and the ones I hope to remember and definitely the only ones I hope they remember :). I proofread a paper my brother-in-law wrote for school and there was a line in it that made me think. It said something along the lines of, "You can never be over-qualified to fulfill the role of a mom." Wow, I think that's powerful and so true.

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The DiStefano Family said…
It's been so long since I've been on my old blog. I didn't know you had another baby. Congratulations! It sounds like you are all doing wonderful! And your family is so beautiful! :) Take care!
February 10, 2013 at 1:49 PM
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