Being a mother is more challenging than anything I have ever had to do in my life. My 2 year old is disabled (requiring much attention), my 1 year old can run and destroy faster than my pregnant elephant legs can keep up with him, and the little angel growing inside me keeps me up at night with heartburn and swift kicks to my rib-cage. I can go days without fixing my hair (ponytails are my specialty)...seriously I wore my hair in a ponytail for so long, when I finally had time to let it down, fix it up, it had grown almost 4 inches! Laundry gets done based on when Abby decides to let us sleep, dinner gets made when Bronco decides to let me clean, and taking a bubble bath... wait...what's that?! hahaha I feel like everyday is a battle just to breathe, but for some reason at the end of the day, Mister Lee looks into my eyes, gives me a famous JonHug and expresses his deep appreciation and love for my "hard work". He always says "I don't know how you do it". hahaha well handsome husband, neither do I.
All I can tell you is this: I do my best. I do my best to love my children, not resent my housework, and love on my husband. Being a mother and a wife is self-sacrifice, it is forgetting yourself so those you love always remember your influence and kindness. But how can we be great wives and mothers if we truly FORGET ourselves and who we are?? I had my first Fast Sunday in over a year last week, and was able to share my testimony. Heavenly Father reminded me who I was that day, and I felt for the first time, that it's O-K-A-Y for me to take some time for myself.
It's okay to dump a whole bottle of bubble bath into the bath, put on my favorite CD and relax in the candle light while hubby does the dishes.
It is OK to indulge in a girl's night out.
It is OK to get myself an ice cream treat after grocery shopping.
It is OKAY, to LOVE myself and to let others see that love in me.
I don't know how I make it day to day, I don't know how I am going to make with three babies in diapers, but I know that I have the world's best husband by my side and the greatest Father listening and guiding me as I need Him.
:) Just had to get that off my chest
xoxoxo Mrs Lee
All I can tell you is this: I do my best. I do my best to love my children, not resent my housework, and love on my husband. Being a mother and a wife is self-sacrifice, it is forgetting yourself so those you love always remember your influence and kindness. But how can we be great wives and mothers if we truly FORGET ourselves and who we are?? I had my first Fast Sunday in over a year last week, and was able to share my testimony. Heavenly Father reminded me who I was that day, and I felt for the first time, that it's O-K-A-Y for me to take some time for myself.
It's okay to dump a whole bottle of bubble bath into the bath, put on my favorite CD and relax in the candle light while hubby does the dishes.
It is OK to indulge in a girl's night out.
It is OK to get myself an ice cream treat after grocery shopping.
It is OKAY, to LOVE myself and to let others see that love in me.
I don't know how I make it day to day, I don't know how I am going to make with three babies in diapers, but I know that I have the world's best husband by my side and the greatest Father listening and guiding me as I need Him.
:) Just had to get that off my chest
xoxoxo Mrs Lee
