Tough Mom

This motherhood thing?

It’s hard.

It’s sleepless nights, and poopy diapers, and whining at bedtime, and disciplining them, and trying to get them to LISTEN to you.

Good Grief.

If. They. Would. Just. Listen.

It is often denying yourself to meet the needs of a child who has no idea what you’re sacrificing , and couldn’t possibly understand even if you tried to explain it.

It’s long days with nothing but conversations about Legos and princesses.

It’s cramming yourself in a closet during a game of Hide and Seek when you’re rather be sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee and a good book.

It’s microwaving chicken nuggets for dinner again when you’d rather be grilling prime rib.

It’s dying inside listening to your little one cry in time out, but he has to be taught to obey.

I’ve actually contemplated initiating a game of Hide and Seek – asking my son to hide – but then never doing the seeking. How long would he stay concealed? Long enough for me to take a shower? Make a phone call?

Oh yes, Motherhood is full of a million joys and rewards. Hugs, kisses, giggles, seeing your child succeed. The toughest jobs often are the most rewarding.

But you just can’t always be giddily in love with your children. Sometimes you make mistakes. Sometimes you feel discouraged. Sometimes you kids misbehave.

When you rise above yourself and find deep within the will to get up one more time at 3 a.m., to forgive and love when they’ve scribbled on the wall with a Sharpie, to play one more game of Crazy 8s – that’s when you’re really The Mom.

When it gets tough no one else will love your kids like you love them.

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