Friday 3 February 2012

Thats motherhood for you

We all know that motherhood is not moonshine and roses, bubbles and unicorns . It's more poo and puke with the occasional tears of joy thrown in to rescue us amongst the tears of despair . Ok may be I am exaggerating just a wee bit.

Tonight was one of those nights. Gosh, it was rough. I actually forgot how tough things used to be because we had a rather good run the last few months. Tonight brought back those pre- SID diagnosis and pre-OT days . L was tired, very tired. To top it all they had tuck shop day at school. Not my favorite day. Over sugared tired mom and kids are just not my required Friday relaxation mode. Dinner time he did not want to eat and kept laying on the couch. Then going upstairs for bath and bed and all hell broke loose. No, I do not care to go into any more details. Believe me you do not want to know them. At last the boys were in bed and the Princess and I came downstairs for a bit of time together. ( A bit of background - they watched Soul Surfer today at aftercare) As we settled in on the carpet to watch Noot vir noot, she with her Leappad in hand, me with the ipad in hand, she said : "I am so glad I gave my heart to Jesus a long time ago, just like the girl did in soul surfer". Just like that, it was all worth it. A moment sent to remind me that at the end, motherhood is all about these moments. Those that really mean something . That mean the world to us. The rest, are just the background to the story.

10 comments:

  1. so sorry you had a rough night BUT that conversation with A more than made up for it - I teared up :)

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  2. The little ones sure are a lot of work, but so worth it!!

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  3. I'm so sorry you had such a rough night! What a great conversation you had!

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  4. Doesn't it always catch you by surprise, those beautiful moments? Know that will be one you will always treasure.

    Peace and love, Sweet Cat.

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  5. Lovely post - and the comment from the Little Princess just so specail - I am sure the memory of the rough night faded very quickly, but that comment will be treasured forever...Hope you get back into a loooooong time of good nights....Lots of love

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  6. Awww...this is SO sweet and isn't it great that she has done this at such a young age...you are a very, very good mamma.

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