How amazing life can be....in the monotony of everyday, there is so much wonderment......if you are paying attention that is! It was so easy to miss while I was working. Between a 50 hour work week, 3 kids, getting to and from all the places that needed getting to and from from, dinner, cleaning, sports, and once in a while, maybe even some sleep, it was hard to see anything other than what was next on my 'to do' list. Now, life is less chaotic. There is time to breath. To see the amazing things that happen everyday. Like Monday night, when we excused my 8 year old from the dinner table and told him to get his shower and my soon to be 2 year old threw his hands up and said 'all done, need shower too'. I still smile just remembering it. You would have to know that my soon to be 2 year old was developmentally delayed in communication. At 18 months he was communicating at an 8 month old level....I know...how can you tell right?!? well there are ways, and they did, and when I stopped working in November, my boy had made some progress, but we were still concerned. and for that Monday night request for a shower...well my friends, that is a miracle of the everyday sort (can I get some credit for the hard work that got us there too though?!?).
Moments like this are what my life is made of now. I live for them. Whether thay are with my kids or the little ones I care for. There is nothing more amazing that witnessing a little person developing. Discovering the world and reaching those milestones. I am so blessed to not have to work (and I secretly detest when people correct me and say I do work, I just work at home....as a working mom, I still did everything I do as a stay at home mommy...I just did it with way fewer hours each week, and I was so busy I didn't get to notice these amazing moments that unfolded before me). Any mommy that gets to stay home with their kids is a lucky mommy....not everybody can afford to do it, and I am so grateful to my hubby for making it possible! I am so grateful that I get to be there to applaud my children's little accomplishments...like when we were at my mom's house and my boy was pulling on the cats leg and saying 'meow'. My mom was distracted by the leg pulling, I was cheering because we had been working on 'cat' from a picture book and he remembered 'cat' and that cats said 'meow'. I mean really though...a cat has 4 legs and 9 lives...let me sacrafice that one leg for that one moment while I celebrate my son's acoomplishment! (the cat wasn't hurt...he didn't use a life or lose a leg). Its something I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't been home with my boy. Looking back on all that has changed in the months since I have stopped working, I am just overwhelmed and grateful for the life I have been given! It is not perfect...but it was never meant to be! Smiling as I move on to the next thing....soccer practice tonight (and I am loving the soccer mom life!)
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