Beauty in the not so Beautiful

Such an idealistic image of what motherhood is….. and motherhood definitely has moments of looking like this.

Yesterday was not that day for us. My youngest, O, was running a fever. Wouldn’t eat. Wouldn’t drink anything. She had to be carried everywhere, refused to walk. The only thing that made her remotely happy was throwing my iPhone 5 across the room in a rage of tears & then chasing after it before anyone could grab it (we stopped that game real quick.)

Not a single dish was clean. Not a single dish. There were legos, coloring pages, super hero figurines, & crayons, strewn all throughout the house.  This has been about a week of children being sick, so it’s utter chaos. Supper for Lboy was finger foods served on a paper towel while holding a feverish toddler on one hip, while quietly muttering prayers under my breath begging God that we didn’t get a phone call from our realtor telling us they had a showing on the schedule for this morning.

Motherhood (parenthood) can be kick-you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck fantastic.* But you know what? This is my job. To be mom. Moms know that it’s our job to wipe noses, cuddle, & love on our kiddos when they’re sick. And that those things come first. Before jobs, dishes, & non-finger food suppers, on the days that aren’t so picture perfect. And I am not willing to waiver from that, not for anything…..

Not even when the baby falls asleep in my lap……naked. Butt.Naked.

*1000 points to the person who can tell me where that line came from.

And a HUGE thank you to Todd for running to the store & then coming home to cook us both supper. Couldn’t live without him.

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