Last night we had meet the teacher for our Princess May and our Madi girl had her first pep rally as a Varsity Cheerleader. Life flashed before my eyes like never before. Time is fleeting and I just cant seem to get a handle on it all. Two sides of the school spectrum as we have a Kindergartener, a couple in between, and a Sophomore, who in a short couple months will have her drivers license. How does this happen? How can eight months pass of having a new addition to our family with Birthday parties and pre-k graduation, a million firsts, baseball tournaments, practices, running, cheer camp, a whole entire summer of fun, and now school is starting? I'm baffled by time. Don't get me wrong, I am a mom in desperate need of a break from 4 plus kids running in and out and around at my home. I do need sanity! I feel for the teachers that are overworked and underpaid that have to instill some kind of learning with all these hoodlums. But I am somewhat lost and heartbroken at the same time that all my children will be entering a new phase, a new year, a new adventure, a new chapter because the one before is now over. The last chapter has been written and my chances to be the best mom in those hours are over. How does this happen so quickly?
Some of us are called to be teachers, office mangers, bankers, medical staff members, and a hundred other occupations. Fortunately, I have been privileged and blessed to by-pass those occupations and just stick with one calling God has on my life which is to be a mom. Mainly because I believe God knew I couldn't handle any more than that and my husband knew as well. My head spins with just mommy responsibilities and adding anything else would probably put me in the loony bin. I envy those of you that can handle all of those things with class and grace and still take on more. You are amazing! For me, just the mommy title is enough. It holds so much more than I can even offer and living up to that title will forever be my goal.
So for now, as I muster the strength to put on a happy face of losing time I sometimes have a love/hate relationship with, let's pray for each other. Pray we can live up to the title that holds more value than all our bank accounts put together. Let's pray that as we pass one another doing life we can encourage one another to keep going and pressing into the One that will sustain us. Let's pray for God to move in our children's lives like never before, that He will be real and His love will weigh heavy on their hearts to cause them to move in action for Him. Let's pray that as time is ever so fleeting we can teach our children that a relationship with the All Mighty is far more important than popularity, sports, or any other endeavor they may deem as important. Let's Pray as our time is but a vapor but our calling is bigger than life itself that we can be the light God has designed for us to be.
"Train a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6 ASV)
Now, to get ready for homework and homemade lunches, drop off and pick up lines, sight words and reading books, crockpot meals, lots of football games, 5:45 AM practices, cross country meets, baseball tournaments, and cheer competitions....may the force be with me, may it be with you!!
Is it summer yet? ;-)
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