I just read the greatest blog post by someone I don't even know. Know what the title was?
"I Am Flawed".
Awesome.
Where do I sign up because today has definitely been
that kind of a day so far.
Reed had to go to work WAY too early, and while
preparing for his early day
managed to wake up a cranky baby who woke up
the cranky mommy
who then had to listen to said baby cry for 2 hours.
(Off and on. Just when I thought I'd gotten her settled down,
she'd start up again. Ugh.)
Until that mommy stuck that baby
right where she needed to go all along. Into the baby swing.
And then both cranky
baby and mommy slept for an additional 3 hours.
Yes friends, I am flawed. I am not that perfect mommy/wife/sister/friend
that I would like to be
but the question is, are any of us? :)
On days like today when even my best doesn't seem
like its enough, its nice to remember that other people are
as imperfect and maybe even cranky
as I have been this morning. Even better to remember that your
little 2 year old who has had
to deal with your crankiness will forgive you as soon as you ask
AND as long as you give
her a hug, a smoochie and read her a few books. :)
*EDITED TO ADD* After telling Aftyn I was sorry, I said "Can I have a hug?" to
which she added "And a smoochie too?". Love this little girl so much.
*EDITED TO ADD* After telling Aftyn I was sorry, I said "Can I have a hug?" to
which she added "And a smoochie too?". Love this little girl so much.
3 comments:
Must be a day for lots of thought provoking posts Alysa. You might want to hop over and read today's post at our blog too. :) You are a great Mom and don't ever let anyone tell you different. All your girls want for dinner is you, flaws and all. :) I love kids, they just want to be loved.
Sorry your day yesterday was hard, Alysa! I hope today is much better. Your post reminds me of Pres. Uchtdorf's talk at Women's Conf where he says that Heavenly Father knows we are not perfect and he is ok with that. He also knows that those who we think are perfect, really are not. What a good reminder for us, huh?
Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.
I know about those days. And -- when I'm not in the middle of one of those days, -- I know that they're the kind of days that make me appreciate the OTHER kind of days -- the ones where I get tons of stuff done, am a really loving, patient mom, I've made time to pray and ponder, and/or my house is clean.
Ah yes, it's okay to be flawed sometimes, too, eh? And cranky. good word.
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