cheryl wants to know if the homemade french toast, 30 min. reading session, batch of cookie dough (for eating), trip to the beach, help cleaning "their" room, apology, bedtime stories, kisses and hugs count when she also did all that screaming? seriously. i think being the mom is hard!
goodnight. and here's to a better day tomorrow.
and if this makes you think about judging me than please just erase it from your memory.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
9 comments:
The past few nights I've been giving Lilia lots of apologies. Then I realized we have more happy times than sad and I think that is great. You are definitely a great mom Cheryl! It is hard.
Being a mom has been my most challenging adventure so far! I am sure you are a great mom, and your boys are adorable!
Some days are just like that. Sometimes Payton doesn't even take me serious unless I yell.
so funny but so true. it is so frustrating sometimes. i try not to yell, but of course i do. i just tell my kids that sometimes "mom" has a hard day too.
After having my third kid yelling has crept into our house. The worst part is that I find myself disciplining the boys for yelling but yet I am a bad example to them. Motherhood is hard...there are days that I think I can't make it through but I always do. I keep telling myself to pray for abilities to meet my tasks rather than tasks equal to my abilities. It is hard but only because it is worth it. Hang in there.
Of course it still counts. You are an awesome mom. And I think the fact that you can apologize to your kids after a rough day says a lot. Instead of resenting you, they'll respect you for being human and teaching them about repentance.
I understand! This to will pass!
Judging you? Far from it. It's soo nice to know that I'm not alone!! Do they teach patience classes? If so, I need to sign up, NOW. :)
Please, please let it count and just the reading and the cookies, because I don't do the rest!
Actually, some words you wrote a long time ago have given me great comfort; it went something like, "I yell because it's what my mom did, and it works." That phrase comes to me and makes me laugh when I scream and FINALLY my kids snap to it after I've quietly asked them to do something several times.
Solidarity sista'!
Post a Comment