I was inspired to check out a blog from a friend's Facebook post, and I couldn't help but share! It's not always smiles and giggles, peace and teamwork, but it's worth it. It's extraordinary. It's motherhood. And I am pretty sure we will forget the whines, tantrums, loads of laundry, never ending to-do's, dishes that are NEVER completely done, sibling spats, and lack of even 30 seconds of quite, BUT we WILL remember the smiles and giggles, peace and teamwork!
Now, to leave you with an excerpt from Rachel Martin at http://rachelmariemartin.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-motherhood-cheer.html
"you might not see it now. You might not see the extraordinary in the ordinary that you do everyday. And that is normal. That is okay. You and I are in the midst of the journey. In the part of motherhood that is very much the hardest - where the finish line (which sometimes we wish wouldn't come so fast) isn't visible and there are a bunch of roads to climb and it's work and we're having to herd many along with us.
It's amazing what mothers do. It's amazing what you do.
So today, today I lift my cup of three minutes brewed coffee from my Keurig and I toast you, the amazing mother. I celebrate motherhood and in celebrating it I celebrate you.
Don't tell me all the times you didn't answer right, do it right, or where you wish you had done it different. I have those as well. But those don't define the extraordinary. Those are just bumps, bends in the road. It's the journey put together, the days woven together with tantrums over oranges and sweet moments of holding hands while walking that make a life.
Coffee mugs in the air. To motherhood and all of the beauty in the midst of ordinary.
Amazing."
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