This is how I have felt lately. Running this way and that - mostly
dropping kids off at activities or picking them up or taking them to the
orthodontist or dentist, or shopping for groceries......Does it end?
Ever? I look at my schedule, and it has been crazy lately - three
concerts in a week's time, rehearsals, soccer games/practices, scout
service projects, and on and on. Sometimes I would just like to stay
home all day and work on stuff, but even when I am home, I am taking
James to the bathroom every 20 minutes. Yes, he has expressed interest
in potty training, and I am all for getting him out of the diapers! But
it is so....tedious. I feel like I am being pulled in 15 different
directions, and being pulled thin in every way except physically (where I
seem to be growing at an alarming rate). And just when I feel like I
can't go anymore, I pull out my scriptures and read this:
I am reminded that this is the season of my life. The day will come
when my children will all be in school or out of the house, and I will
wish for these moments with them - some of our best conversations have
happened in the car. And what greater work could I be doing than
shepherding these children and helping them to know that they are the
most important things in my life. Yes, my life revolves around their
schedules and their needs, but that is where my life SHOULD be right
now. So bring on the loads of laundry, tell me last minute that you
need me to take you somewhere or that you need a batch of brownies for
your class project. That is what I am here for, and I hope I will never
forget it! Gordon B. Hinckley said, "You will come to know that what
appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest
investment that you will ever make." I am investing into the miracles
that are my children, and I pray that my efforts can be focused in the
right places to help them grow into the people they are needed to be.
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