Humor me...
The dishes you washed are now dirty
The fridge you filled is now empty
The nose you wiped is again snotty
The drawers filled with clean, organized clothes are now disorganized and empty
The hamper you emptied is now full (I will never understand how a certain someone LOVES laundry!!)
The toys you picked up are again scattered
The meal you cook is no longer, and it is time to make another
The floor you moped (minutes ago) is now sticky
You get the idea and are familiar I'm sure. At the end of the day there is no PROOF! I tell Alex I feel like I just run around in circles all day long. The things I do, don't grab your attention like a newly planted flower bed, or some other glamorous project.
I know I know most of you are thinking "try adding a few extra kids to that!" Yes I will and I fully expect things to get worse!
In fact I was speaking of this subject to my Mother recently she said "Oh, Danelle! How I dreamed this day would come and you would understand!"
Allthough there isn't proof ... there is satisfaction.
Like when somebody like this
Looks at you like this
Or somebody like this
Says his own sweet simple prayer
Or watches you out the window and tells you "Thank you for taking out the garbage Mommy!"And there are times when things like this happen.
All those things are reminders to me that there really is proof! I'm not just running around in circles. And there really is something glamorous about this project.
I can keep doing those same things day to day even if there isn't proof because even though those things don't bring me happiness and joy.... they really do!
12 comments:
It's touching that you can see beyond those runny noses, sticky floors and dirty clothes. I've always said, babies turn girls in to women. Now I've learned that those same babies turn women into grandmas!
Wow what a sweet post. You keep making me look forward to the day I have kids. I miss you!
Too cute Danelle, love this post :) That's why I'm looking at blogs this morning, because I'm trying to talk myself in to starting all over again this morning :)
This is adorable. Also, my mother-in-law loves doing laundry too. I don't get it.
Big Smile. Cute.
Amen sister! That was a fabulous post!
I remember burn out after burn out, and gathering myself again to start all over again. One thing I’ve learned is that no phase lasts forever, one melts into the next. I remember one mother of a very large family that intentionally left her children's dirty hand prints on her front door, because one day they would be gone forever.
Love you, love this entry. You are a very wise young wife and mother.
Oh danelle. That was beautiful. You made me cry as I was reading that. I feel the same way, yet I have never been able to word it as good as that.
And now Cody is going to have one more reason to get annoyed at me because I don't know that I want to clean off the dirty hand prints anymore either.
Oh Danelle..thanks for the tears! Man alive do I know that feeling!! That was beautiful though and such a wonderful reminder! Love it! Thank you!!
Well said!! What a sweet post and so true!!
You have such a darling family..your boys are little studs. It was so fun to see you the other day!!
Awesome post Danelleeeee!
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