My friend Anna over at Girl With Blog hosts Real Mom Confessions from time to time and I thought I'd share some today...
1. I don't feed Little Man breakfast. I let daycare do it.
2. My closet exploded- there are clothes all over the floor. Some clean, some dirty, some to donate. It's a hot mess.
3. After Little Man went to bed last night I sat on the couch, painted my toenails, and watched mindless tv. Never mind the dishes that needed to be done, the clothes that should have been put away, any half started craft project...
4. I'm a little jealous of a friend's new pregnancy announcement. We announced our first pregnancies on the same day (without knowing that the other one was announcing too!) and I'm feeling a little left out that we aren't announcing too.
5. I went to the Shania Twain concert on Monday night. Who has a major concert like that on a weeknight?! But I went, left Little Man at home with Mr. K and enjoyed myself with my parents & sister.
What's going in your world this week mamas?
Love, Mrs. K
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Don't Worry, I've got this
Last Sunday's sermon really hit home. Normally, I have a hard time paying attention during the sermon. Since I'm on church staff it's easy to get caught up in other things going on in the building- I'm thinking about Sunday school teachers & curriculum, I'm thinking about my children's message or announcements, I'm thinking about confirmation & who I need to grab quick after the service to tell them something, I'm reading the announcements in the bulletin to check for my spelling errors. And if all of that didn't distract me enough, I also have a very active 11 month old boy to chase around. I'm tired just typing that.
But last Sunday, Pastor Chris started with 'Have you ever had a plan and then everything that could go wrong did?' I stopped dead in my track, yes. Yes that has happened to me. He went on to share a story from his days in youth ministry and a trip he took kids on out to Seattle. They were met with hurdles every step of the way. Trains were late, baggage checks were questionable, transportation to the train station was unreliable, and then the return trip was canceled. Yikes. But a theme came from this trip, a theme of 'don't worry, I've got this.' Everyone that they talked to on that trip about a plan B was more than accommodating, super helpful in making things actually happen. Pastor Chris then went on to liken the theme of 'don't worry, I've got this' to Jesus. And when we don't feel like we can do things, it's ok. Because we don't have to do them alone.
Fast forward to Sunday afternoon/early evening. On top of my crazy Sunday mornings, we are just gearing up for harvest season on the farm. Which means that Mr. K works long, crazy hours. So he left for work before we left for church and he didn't get home until after I had put Little Man to bed. Which means that I was single mom-ing it all day. And Little Man is teething (at least I hope he is, it would explain his attitude!). There were two hours that afternoon where all he did was cry. He cried if I set him down, he cried if I held him, he didn't want his bottle, he didn't want toys, he had a clean diaper. Mommas- you know this moment, the one where you think you're going crazy?! At one point I was in the nursery with him, in the dark, laying on the floor so that he could lay right next to me, and we were both crying.
In that moment I felt totally defeated. Then something awesome happened. The morning's sermon came rushing back to me, I felt a sense of peace knowing that I wasn't alone and I hadn't been defeated. All of the sudden I felt like God was saying 'don't worry, I've got this'. Little Man didn't stop crying, he didn't calm down and go right to sleep for me, but it was the boost that I needed to know I could keep doing what I needed to do. Eventually he calmed down and fell asleep, then I did too.
Love, Mrs. K
But last Sunday, Pastor Chris started with 'Have you ever had a plan and then everything that could go wrong did?' I stopped dead in my track, yes. Yes that has happened to me. He went on to share a story from his days in youth ministry and a trip he took kids on out to Seattle. They were met with hurdles every step of the way. Trains were late, baggage checks were questionable, transportation to the train station was unreliable, and then the return trip was canceled. Yikes. But a theme came from this trip, a theme of 'don't worry, I've got this.' Everyone that they talked to on that trip about a plan B was more than accommodating, super helpful in making things actually happen. Pastor Chris then went on to liken the theme of 'don't worry, I've got this' to Jesus. And when we don't feel like we can do things, it's ok. Because we don't have to do them alone.
Fast forward to Sunday afternoon/early evening. On top of my crazy Sunday mornings, we are just gearing up for harvest season on the farm. Which means that Mr. K works long, crazy hours. So he left for work before we left for church and he didn't get home until after I had put Little Man to bed. Which means that I was single mom-ing it all day. And Little Man is teething (at least I hope he is, it would explain his attitude!). There were two hours that afternoon where all he did was cry. He cried if I set him down, he cried if I held him, he didn't want his bottle, he didn't want toys, he had a clean diaper. Mommas- you know this moment, the one where you think you're going crazy?! At one point I was in the nursery with him, in the dark, laying on the floor so that he could lay right next to me, and we were both crying.
In that moment I felt totally defeated. Then something awesome happened. The morning's sermon came rushing back to me, I felt a sense of peace knowing that I wasn't alone and I hadn't been defeated. All of the sudden I felt like God was saying 'don't worry, I've got this'. Little Man didn't stop crying, he didn't calm down and go right to sleep for me, but it was the boost that I needed to know I could keep doing what I needed to do. Eventually he calmed down and fell asleep, then I did too.
Love, Mrs. K
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