Mothering moments ...

Just because ...



These are two of my favorite pictures of the kiddos ...

Motherhood ... the most amazing, rewarding, and at times, thankless job ever. A job that I feel extremely under qualified for, but a job I wouldn't trade in the world.

Pie and Bub are good kiddos ... most the time easy to mother. But they have moments. And they usually have their moments at the same time. Usually when one needs me, they both do. For different things, in different directions. It's "mom, can you do this with me," or "mom, can you get me that." Some days it feels constant. And when they bicker ... it's "he said ..." "she said...", and boy, can they antagonize each other. And I am always somewhere in the middle. The peacemaker. The judge. These are the moments that can be learning experiences for both them and me. But these can also be the moments I get overwhelmed. And haven't got a clue what to do. And I think, I'm not emotionally equipped to be a mom.

But I am a mom ... by Gods grace. And it's by His grace that we handle those moments (even when I want to hide away in my room!). We can learn, love and grow ...

And then I see Pie and Bub loving each other. He's reading to her. She's sharing a treat with him. He's playing a game with her. She's making him a drawing.
It's these moments that feel me with peace.

Motherhood ... it makes me the happiest. It makes me the saddest. It makes me wonder. It makes me frustrated. It makes me laugh. It makes me cry. It makes me think. I am in awe of it.
It may be the hardest job, but it is the most rewarding ...