This has not been the week that I expected it would be. My daughter is on her third sick-day with flu-like symptoms, and rather than scurrying around and running the usual errands, I've just been... here. Sitting with her. Standing by. Encouraging.
I shrug off her many thank-yous and "mother-of-the-year" nominations, and think how grateful I am that I am able to be here for her.
I prayed for a job this fall, and nothing really panned out. I thought maybe God was saying "no," but now I realize he might have been saying "wait" -- as we've had a large assortment of sick days and doctor's visits between the two kids and I. I will gladly wait for a job if it means my girl doesn't have to stay home sick in an empty house all day.
Motherhood is my greatest calling. I feel so blessed to be able to enjoy it as a stay-at-home-mom.
Today, I am thankful for...
1. the privilege of being a stay-at-home mom
2. a sense of humor and LAUGHTER
3. hugs, and words of appreciation
4. things that bring comfort -- a cozy blanket, a cup of peppermint tea, fuzzy socks
Thought: I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K.Chesterton
Oh I hope that your daughter wakes feeling 100% better today. It is amazing what a bit of attention does for the spirit. It's bad enough to be ill, but without one's mother? Horrid!
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