Wednesdays are early release days. I told the kids on Tuesday that they would have to clean their room on Wednesday. It should have taken 30 minutes tops. It was a long afternoon. They started at 1. There were bouts of wrestling (not the playful kind), crying and tattling on each other. At 4, I told them that they had until 5 to finish the room or else there'd be a punishment. Motivation and determination followed my speech and they finished by 4:30.
Last night was Back-to-School Night. All 3 boys were excited about me visiting their classroom. It was insane. I had to make it to 3 classrooms (with an extra speech for the 4th graders in the cafeteria) in an hour. We made classroom fly-bys. I didn't get much out of it but the kids were happy I made to it each of their classes.
After the kids got in bed, I tried to relax. But, something happened and I ended up in tears.
Pure exhaustion.
And then I had to do the dishes.
It was one of those days.
But, ya know, I woke up this morning ready to face a new day.
"Because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
Lamentations 3:22-24
I am thankful for today.
I'm focusing on the little joys of my day today:
- listening to my boys laugh at breakfast
- coffee
- a great talk with a friend
- laughing at and with my daughter
and on and on the list will grow as I go through my day...
Have a great Thursday and take time to appreciate how you've been blessed.
4 comments:
Thank you Jane Anne, I needed to be remind that I need to wait for the Lord. Great is my faithfulness.
I hope you were able to add many more things to your list. We all have those days.
"But, ya know, I woke up this morning ready to face a new day."
Ahhhh.... Thanks so much for the reminder!
You are often in my thoughts!
Hope you don't have anymore of those days for a while. You really have more to do than one person can do.
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