Does anyone else go a little bonkers with their kids. It feels as though during the week we’re on this great schedule and everyone is “almost” peachy keen. But on Saturdays and Sundays, the monster children prevail once again. I’m not sure how to spin it to be a good day. Ever. It seems everything I want to do, crafts, puzzles, cars, building, etc...is so not working. So I’m stuck. In a HUGE rut. They are driving me bonkers with this craziness. I know, it will pass. And I am loving this age, as I know it will soon be gone, especially with my oldest starting Kindergarten and my middle child starting Kinder next year. So I’m (trying) to enjoy the messy, crazy, freakiness that is my life now. But as most of you moms know. This is soooo not easy. Of course I can’t do this without the Lord. And we all know that sometimes we still feel alone, because God never said that this would be easy. He never said we wouldn’t suffer or be in pain. But it’s so worth it. The smiles, the laughs and giggles, big smooches, and squeeze hugs Definitely make it worth it. But trying to remember all of those in these mommy day to day moments is hard. So I’m glad God has put us in a situation that we have no choice but to see the good. In everything. In every possible thing we use to take for granted.
So many times when my children were really young (I have a 5, 4 and 2 yo), I was so fallen apart into many pieces. I would lock myself in the bathroom with little Einsteins on for the kids OR nap time just to cry and maybe get 2 minutes of peace. I’m sure some of you are familiar with this. If not, consider yourselves very lucky. The worst I think was when my oldest boy was almost 2, and I had just had my baby girl. My daughter was colicky and wouldn’t sleep anywhere but the swing for almost a year. So if I got her to sleep I might have duct taped my sons mouth if it wasn't just plain in humane or wrong. (you know what I'm talking about! : ))
At this time, I didn’t know that my son was Autistic. I knew he had a speech delay of over a year, and all he did was scream all of the time. So you can see my stress when he would scream and she was sleeping. I was at the end of my rope. So all I could do was pray. Pray and rely A LOT on my hubby for help. He came home many a night to help me as I felt as though I was falling apart. At the time, I felt so lost and not one of my friends could relate.
Anyway, needless to say I survived. God placed certain people and friends in my life to help me through it. And my hubby was one of them. He was then and still is my Hero.
Here’s some scripture that really helped me through these times.....maybe you need to hear it now, or maybe you know someone that it could help. I think we all need to be reminded of how God is always there for us. Especially since it’s so easy to get wrapped us in our lives.
“But I will call on God, and the Lord will rescue me. Morning, noon and night I cry out in my distress, and the Lord hears my voice.” Psalm 56:16, 17
“Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives.” Galatians 5:16
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