Having kids

Having kids:

Means staying one step head of hangry.

Teaches you the transformative power of a good BM.

Helps you appreciate alone time (like showers. Basically only showers).

Means wiping someone else's butt more often than your own.

Means putting the same things away over and over (and over) again. 

Makes you put them in the victim's place when watching movies, TV or the news which makes them much less fun to watch.

Makes your sick days much less restful.

Guarantees a dirty and cluttered home/car/purse.

Gives you the suspicion that if you don't hug them every few hours, they grow up twice as fast.

Teaches you that it takes all of your time to take care of them. If you need to do anything else, you have to make time, because there is no extra.

Does not guarantee that you like other people's kids.

Has made my left arm stronger and my right hand more dexterous.

Takes more patience than you have.

Is totally worth it.

Repentance

I've done things that I wish I hadn't done, and that I certainly wish I would never do again. I know the guilt and grief that comes with remembering them, and with my failure to improve and not repeat my mistakes.

Repentance means being able to disassociate myself from those habits that make me the cruel, selfish, slothful person that I don't want to be. I can put off my mistakes, and endeavor to become a better wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend.

Just as I hope others can forgive me for my past in order to allow me to move on, I aim to forget others' blunders, missteps and problems. Repentance is a hard, though rewarding process, and nobody can be benefited by being reminded of their shortcomings and failures. Through granting forgiveness, I can find more strength to forgive myself, too.

Reasons you want to be a toddler

- no one would ever bother you when you're reading

- your pants would all be stretchy, and not only would it be okay, you would be adorable in them

- your misbehavior would be someone else's "fault"

- everyone's main objective would be to make you feel good about yourself

- naps would be encouraged with diligent, even desperate vigor

- you wouldn't have to be good at anything. Everyone would just be thrilled that you tried

- your dancing would never have to be good

- you wouldn't have to plan fun activities; fun things would simply start happening around you just to keep you from melting down

- you would be the reason there are yummy snacks everywhere you went

Mommy's going potty

I love how motherhood, and more specifically being a stay-at-home-mom, brings meaning into my life. In particular, my bathroom trips. Before being a mom, I was just going through the motions. Now it's a chance to be alone for 90 seconds.

90 glorious seconds.