Happy Mother's Day

So I realize that I haven't written in a while - and to be perfectly honest, I thought I would reserve my thoughts to be let loose in some super important post about politics or church or religion or healthcare, etc.

This my friends is not that post.

Today is just about being Mama.

My kids are growing up too fast. My life is flying by and I am feeling desperate for a PAUSE button.

As I'm writing, both kids are zonked asleep on my bed. Much thanks to a morning at Marbles Museum and a full lunch at Moonlight Pizza (Yum! Thanks Mom!). There are a million-and-one things I should be doing around the house, but quite honestly I just want to sit.

I feel like there is so much up in the air.

Fiona is finishing her first year of preschool, and in a flash the summer will be gone, and then both kids will be in preschool in the fall. EEEEkkk!
Now, hold the phone. Cause a part of me has been waiting f-o-r-e-v-e-r to get some "me time" back into my life. So I should be stoked for them to both be in preschool, right? EEhhh, no.

I want my babies back. You know, that time of their lives when I grumbled about breastfeeding, and diapering, and learning to crawl? Yeah, can we just rewind to that for a little bit?

If only I could slow down and focus on them and sop up every minute of their precious chubby words like the last of the honey on my biscuits.

Unfortunately there is no rewind, no pause, not even a stop button on our lives. Everyday we just live it out to the best we know how. I am thrilled to be their Mama. They are my Mother's Day gift that I get to have every day of my life. (Insert: note to self - reread this blog when they're driving you crazy and you're tired from working the night before.)

So here's what I really want to say - for all of you Mama's out there. Happy Mother's Day. You are amazing. Please treasure your gifts from God. Protect them and love them always. Guide them with the knowledge and wisdom that the Bible bestows us with. Teach them to love, not only themselves, but others. Let them know how special they are and that their value is innately in the one true Lord who made them in His image. And for you Mama's - all the same is true for you too.

Thanks for all you do Mama's. God bless you.