"There's no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one." Jill Churchill
This is the statement that greeted me as I opened to the January page of my Mary Engelbreit 2016 calendar. Oh how I need to be reminded of that!!
I love being a mom. I have always wanted to be a mom. I had to wait a really long time to be a mom. But boy is it hard work! Trying to raise boys to be godly, responsible, compassionate, hard working, strong young men is no small feat. As a former perfectionist, I can easily get discouraged when I mess up. I lose my patience and yell at my kids again (happens a lot); I have Ryan get dressed when it is pajama day for his class (guess hanging the big note on the calendar wasn't effective enough - next time we'll write it in super big letters on the day); I misunderstand something innocent John says and snap at him, then realize my mistake and have to say sorry. And they are so easy and quick to forgive me - humbling!!!
My mistakes however do no define me but neither do my successes. I am simply an imperfect but deeply loved child of God. And so are my boys. Good things to remember.
So I will begin this year not striving to be perfect but striving to walk in the good works that God has prepared in advance for me to walk in. Any other moms out there want to join me?
This is the statement that greeted me as I opened to the January page of my Mary Engelbreit 2016 calendar. Oh how I need to be reminded of that!!
I love being a mom. I have always wanted to be a mom. I had to wait a really long time to be a mom. But boy is it hard work! Trying to raise boys to be godly, responsible, compassionate, hard working, strong young men is no small feat. As a former perfectionist, I can easily get discouraged when I mess up. I lose my patience and yell at my kids again (happens a lot); I have Ryan get dressed when it is pajama day for his class (guess hanging the big note on the calendar wasn't effective enough - next time we'll write it in super big letters on the day); I misunderstand something innocent John says and snap at him, then realize my mistake and have to say sorry. And they are so easy and quick to forgive me - humbling!!!
My mistakes however do no define me but neither do my successes. I am simply an imperfect but deeply loved child of God. And so are my boys. Good things to remember.
So I will begin this year not striving to be perfect but striving to walk in the good works that God has prepared in advance for me to walk in. Any other moms out there want to join me?