The Truth
Sometimes I wonder if I made the wrong decision.
Why did I want to be a stay at home mom?
I feel like I am trapped in a world where nothing gets done and STAYS done.
Why bother cleaning the kitchen 3 times or more a day.
Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. Snacks. Dessert.
Why bother putting toys away when 1.678 seconds later they will be dumped out and strewn about the house AGAIN.
LAUNDRY.
It is all never ending and it never stays complete.
I would love to have a list and be able to check off a task PERMANENTLY.
Happiness. Tears. Joy. Whining. Love. Sadness.
I love my beautiful children.
They are my life.
It’s worth it.
Can I get a maid?
It can be very mundane. I just read an excellent post on it just this morning. Hope you enjoy it – http://www.thestayathomemissionary.com/2010/07/inviting-glorious-into-mundane.html
I understand your frustrations perfectly. It can be so annoying to keep doing the same thing over and over.
Girl, you are not alone in your frustrations! The everyday, repetitive part of being at home will be the same as long as there are feet walking on your floors, bodies to fill the clothes you provide, tummies to fill with warm food, etc, etc. You know the list goes on. Children (not just children but any people you care for under your roof) come with a laundry list of ever growing needs, and, although repetitive, your labor is a beautiful way to love your family and to teach them the truth about a God who meets their every repetitive need. I just literally read this little paragraph that encouraged me, and then I saw your entry. I hope it will encourage you. Also, this blog (girltalk) has a HUGE wealth of encouragement to moms and talks over and over and over (check the subject links on the blog) about the mundane/repetitive aspects of motherhood/stay at home mom life and the blessing and weight of motherhood. Here you go though:
“Our natural reason looks at marriage and turns up its nose and says, ‘Alas! Must I rock the baby? wash its diapers? make its bed? smell its stench? stay at nights with it? take care of it when it cries? heal its rashes and sores? and on top of that care for my spouse, provide labor at my trade, take care of this and take care of that? do this and do that? and endure this and endure that? Why should I make such a prisoner of myself?’
What then does Christian faith say to this? It opens its eyes, looks upon all these insignificant, distasteful and despised duties in the spirit, and is aware that they are all adorned with divine approval as with the costliest gold and jewels.
Its says, ‘O God, I confess I am not worthy to rock that little babe or wash its diapers, or to be entrusted with the care of a child and its mother. How is it that I without any merit have come to this distinction of being certain that I am serving thy creature and thy most precious will? Oh, how gladly will I do so. Though the duty should be even more insignificant and despised, neither frost nor heat, neither drudgery nor labor will distress me for I am certain that it is thus pleasing in thy sight.’” –Martin Luther qtd. in The Shaping of a Christian Family by Elisabeth Elliot, p. 87
The blog name?? http://www.girltalkhome.com/blog
Oh, that’s beautiful, Anrea! Thanks for sharing.
And Veronica, HUGS ~ I’m there with ya! I’ve been trying to think that it will be over way too soon and have made myself a short list of things to get through each day, at least once and no more…if it needs to be done again, it can wait until tomorrow. Dishes, laundry, sweep, vacuum, mop, and ride exercise bike for 10 minutes!
Girl I can feel your pain. I’m tired of washing clothes almost every day! I’m at a good stage right now though because my little one likes to clean up. Wonder how long that will last?