A Different Twist to Mother's Day

Every year I think about how grateful I am to be a mother and how wonderful it is, how talented my children are.  I also think about how proud I am to be their mom and what joy they bring into my life.  All these thoughts still came to my mind this Mother's Day, but so did many other thoughts.

A little bit different though. 

This year I am thankful that I have children who can scream and yell!  I am thankful that my children are able to fight and bicker at each other.  I am thankful that my girls are able to dislike food and to express that to me. I am thankful that they give me their honest opinions even though it may hurt my feelings.  I am thankful that they spit and bite.  I am thankful that they are able to color on walls and tear up important papers.  I am grateful for all these things and many other things that I, as any other mom, would get upset over.  

I am grateful for these things because they mean to me that my girls are normal happy healthy girls!

There are so many children out there who are unable to hear, see, speak, taste, walk or even breath on their own.  There are so many children out there who have extreme health conditions that could cost them their lives.  There are many children out there who can't express there feelings whether it is through kicking their sibling or kissing their mom.  

There are mothers out there who are at their whits end because they don't know how to help their child.  Whether it's because of a medical condition or an environmental situation.  

And there are some Mothers out there who can't have children.  Who have not been blessed with a child of their own.  Who crave so desperately the feeling to be a mom.  

This Mothers day my heart ached so bad for those around me who are in these situations, or whom have children with medical conditions that are unable to fight and bicker and spit and color on the walls.

I know we, mothers with children, would love to trade lives sometimes with those around us who don't have to listen to a screaming 3 year old, who doesn't want to wear matching shoes.  I know I am one, I will be the first to stand and say that, Yes I have thought, it would be nice to just go to the bathroom in my own home and not have to lock the door just to get a minute of peace.  

What if you were on the other side and you couldn't have children and there was nothing you could do to change that.  Or what if that screaming three year old was deaf and couldn't verbally tell you how much they,"wuv you mommy" in their most adorable tone.  

If we think twice about the little healthy blessings that have been placed in our care, we might act differently in rough situations.  We might punish them differently or not punish them at all for accidentally spilling nail polish all over the carpet.  But instead holding them in our arms and loving them and taking the opportunity to teach them.  We are very luck as mothers to have healthy happy screaming children!  

I pray everyday for those in my life who have physical struggles with their children or who are unable to have children.  

I now pray for myself to love the moments and be thankful for the moments that my children are fighting!  It has put a little spin and a challenge into my life to think this way!