I am a person who puts a lot of pressure on myself. I want to be the perfect Momma...I want my children to have an amazing childhood filled with lots of love, laughter, and good times. But with wanting to be a perfect Momma, and putting so much pressure on myself, it also causes me to stress out, and become frustrated over things that really don't matter at the end of the day.
Today was a day that was not going well. Faith and I have hit a bit of a wall in homeschooling. I am trying to keep up with cirriculum and lesson plans, and in the process I have overwhealmed my girl who needs to go a little slower in areas like reading and writing.
So now here I am revamping those areas of school, going back to where she is comfortable and taking it slow from there, on the computer, emailing my homeschool failure feelings to my dear friend who also homeschools so she gets it, and gives me wonderful advice and encouragement. Thank you Jesus for those people in my life!
So yes, picture me at my computer, working on how to be a better teacher, mother, all the rest.
Then enters this guy...who reminds me why I love being a stay at home Momma and homeschooling Momma in the first place.
Nate is turning 3 in a few short days. But he is a little guy, and can climb up onto my lap and fit perfectly...as he did today. I'm at my desk, he climbs on my lap, grabs my face and turns it away from the computer screen...he then burries his head into my neck and giggles. And that's all he did...he stayed in that spot, holding my head in his hands, fingers running through my hair. And he kept giggling.
And I just stopped. Stopped stressing, stopped feeling upset, stopped trying to be perfect and just hugged that little guy back. And thanked God for the blessings He has given me.
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