I confess… kinda having a hard time feeling motivated today to write this post. I think we know somewhere in our minds that we will miss things when they are past… but why is it so hard to care sometimes?
I guess because sometimes life is just plain hard. And sometimes we just have to look for the blessings and choose to care. Choose to find the positive. Choose to live in the moment… yeah. There we are again, aren’t we.
As I look at the events of the past week… my torn up basement from the window well flooding on Wednesday… my hyper child from too much valentine candy… bored from being stuck inside… in a torn up house… with an irritable mom…
What is there to miss about any of this? Then I saw it… on my refrigerator… one of the first Valentines Jadon has given me hangs. With his first attempts at writing his name on it. Coming in the mail, labeled… “Mommy”
I’ll miss homemade Valentine’s made by my kids… when they are just learning to write. And when they have learned to write, but can’t quite spell everything just so. Hallmark has nothing, nothing on them.
What a treasure.
Then Lucas came home with a gift for me… nothing says “I love you, mom” like a art class made ceramic heart! It also holds water!! ;)
Thank You Jesus, for giving me something to treasure in this trying week. For showing me something that will be missed… even when the hyper-activity of candy overdose wants to rob it all away!
So, now what about you? Can you share with us something you will miss? Something you already miss? Or even something you might miss, but have a hard time understanding how!
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5 comments:
I love homemade Valentine's presents from my kids too!! I will definetly miss that too! I know I haven't commented lately, but I still think about ya! You've got an award on my blog too!
Oh, so nice, I love the blue heart it looks like Venetian glass. So sweet, I'm still waiting for mine, it's a surprise.
Funny revelation I just had ...
Whenever I ready your "I'm going to miss ..." posts I can't think of anything. And, I just came up with the reason why.
My first child was born almost 25 years ago ... my last child is just 7. So, when any of my children goes through a "stage", I always know that I have many of those stages left to come, by a new child every year.
The only stage I am finally out of is the baby/preschool stage ... but I babysit 2 babies every week, and have their preschool siblings sometimes, too.
And, before I get a chance to really miss the baby stage, I am hoping that my house will begin filling up with grandbabies. Once they start, I'm sure it's going to be crazy fun! (Since I now have 6 young adults, ages 18-24 ... it shouldn't be too long ...)
So, there's my excuse for not having anything that "I'm Gonna Miss".
blessings,
Laurel
mama of 13
Those were precious. I will miss those too. I am trying to think of something to post about too...been a trying week over here too.
Those are some really neat moments. I seen where you won the $100 on the Hi-Lo that is super cool also. Im praying for ya daily and love reading your blog. Very inspiring. Have a great day. Erin
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