Sometimes I think all I needed to know in life I learned from the Sacketts and Anne of Green Gables. Remember when Anne's teacher tells her that tomorrow is another day with no mistakes in it yet.
Well, tomorrow is another day.
A day to apologize to my children for my temper tantrum. (They mixed all the clean clothes with the dirty clothes so I had to rewash everything. This was after they pulled all the sheets off the mattresses and the mattresses off the beds and basically made their rooms into giant disaster areas.)
A day to refocus and make sure we have devotional and I get scripture study and baptism prep in.
A day to hug my children and tell them I love them.
A day to appreciate the fun of small ones.
A day to remember that my goals are less important than my children. (I just wanted to finish the curtains for the baby's room. I did, but there wasn't any pleasure in it by the end.)
A day to tell Miriam that I'm glad she has such a wonderful imagination.
A day to jolly Cowen out of his temper and remind him of better ways to handle things.
A day to model not losing your temper.
I'm going to bed now. Tomorrow is another day and I need to behave better than I did during this one.
Well, tomorrow is another day.
A day to apologize to my children for my temper tantrum. (They mixed all the clean clothes with the dirty clothes so I had to rewash everything. This was after they pulled all the sheets off the mattresses and the mattresses off the beds and basically made their rooms into giant disaster areas.)
A day to refocus and make sure we have devotional and I get scripture study and baptism prep in.
A day to hug my children and tell them I love them.
A day to appreciate the fun of small ones.
A day to remember that my goals are less important than my children. (I just wanted to finish the curtains for the baby's room. I did, but there wasn't any pleasure in it by the end.)
A day to tell Miriam that I'm glad she has such a wonderful imagination.
A day to jolly Cowen out of his temper and remind him of better ways to handle things.
A day to model not losing your temper.
I'm going to bed now. Tomorrow is another day and I need to behave better than I did during this one.
3 comments:
so where did the sacketts come into that story?
doc
Definitely can relate to feeling like that Andrea. Miss Stacey was right about tomorrow being a day with no mistakes in it yet. I love that thought. Good luck.
Well- I can't count how many times I have given that lecture to myself. sigh. I hope our children turn out okay and I don't find myself in therapy someday saying "you think you had it tough....". Because that will make them homicidal. I love you. Keep trying that is what motherhood is all about.
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