Joy in the morning

We were awakened this morning to a little man who wet the bed.  Dad got up with him and cleaned him up and sent him in to me, just underwear on his tiny body.  We snuggled up and tried to sleep a little more.  A little while later the big boy came in after a coughing fit.  He took over his daddies side of the bed, the dad had already given up sleeping and was getting ready for work.  Just as we all get settled in the little princess starts reminding us that she too is in the room.  I leave the boys in the bed and take her down to the white chair to nurse, this big chair sees a lot of our snuggling.  She's more interested in playing than nursing, and that's ok by me, we don't get a lot of one on one time.  I start to think about this long day ahead that started much earlier than I planned.  I find myself so grateful, these 3 that call me mom.  The snuggles they need, the cries from a baby who is really calling my name.  They are so dependent on me right now, sometimes it is exhausting, but I find myself dreading the day it is no longer so.  so today I will wipe bottoms, make breakfast, nurse, snuggle, do school, clean, make lunch, play, fix drinks for the 100th time it seems, change more diapers, discipline, make dinner, ready little ones for bed, and finally have a moment to rest, and I will be thankful for the little bit of time that I still get to do these things.  Thankful for the little bit of time I still get to kiss booboos, settle fights and remind them to be kind and show love.  Thankful for these gifts that God has entrusted us with, knowing that it will be over long before I'm ready.

This life

Sometimes life is not pretty.  Sometimes you are forced to realize your story is no fairy tale.  Or maybe that is exactly what it is.  A life with struggles, with just enough beauty to realize that beauty is truly worth fighting for, and that it must be fought for, it does not come easy.

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

We have a hero.  He assured us that we would struggle in this world, but he has already overcome.  The ending is set, there is happily ever after

12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends

But before the happily ever after is struggle.  Jesus laid down his life for us, literally.  We have been called to do the same for others, but in a different sense....