Sunday Thoughts...

As I sat in our usual row in church on Sunday (don't we all have our assigned seats and it feels so strange when someone takes our seats) I watched the family that sits in front of us. They had two daughters home from college and I watched the mother she was smiling interacting and whispering to them, she looked so thrilled to have her daughters home if even for a moment. I then looked down the row ( which is unusual because I am always in the middle with kids fighting who gets to sit next to me, I should be flattered but I am usually annoyed) so I look down the row at my 4 kids, and I almost started to cry, my heart was filled with happiness and peace. I love these four children of mine. Each one unique and each one growing so fast. I thought I only have Taylor for 2 more years then she is off to college and I will be like the mother in front of me.

I am so thankful for these kids of mine, they make me laugh, and cry, they surprise me daily. Some days I feel like a super woman and the best mom ever, while other days we have cereal for dinner. They are slobs some days and neat freaks others, they never do their chores without being asked then you come home from work and entire house is clean. They expect you to jump at a phone call and pick them up at a moment notice, then all the sudden they are driving. I don't even know if I am teaching them anything, then out of the blue they will write me a letter or they will say I learned it from you and I think well I can't be all bad. I just love these kids of mine and I guess I will just have to cherish all the time I get with them because I am learning very quickly it goes way way way too fast.