Motherhood involves so much...stuff. And the emotions. OH GEEZ!
In no other place would we be expected to take such constant button-pushing and not push back. Oh and the kicker????? The more aggravated YOU are, the more aggravated and agitated and hot messy THEY are. So you're expected to be calm throughout the chaos of all of this. And if you want them to be productive, giving members of society who know and serve God with a loving spirit...you have to SHOW them. Pressure? Yeah. IT'S SO HARD!
It's hard...and not all baby toes and Johnson and Johnson commercials. Today we had more meltdowns and drama than on a normal day. On Mother's Day (it probably felt even worse because of some sense of entitlement...thanks Hallmark). At one point Zoe screamed "WHY DO BAD THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME ON MOTHER'S DAY???". Ummm, say what?
But it's like God spikes the good moments with a super concentrated baby lotion potion of pure love and contentment so that it holds us over a little through the hard times.
And it's hard. If it's not I want to say "you're doing it wrong." So it's ok. Even on Mother's Day when all you see are the nano seconds of happiness in pictures on Facebook.
The end.
I still love my kids.
I'm going to bed.
