Mom vs. the Dot: Making it COUNT!

This week, I came across this in a devotional book.  I wanted to share it with you.  Here it goes: "A Mother's Meditation" There is nothing but peace in my life today.  I know only serenity inside, despite what is going on outside of me.  I react positively to every event I am faced with today.  I respond with only love and kindness, no matter what I am responding to.  I  am empowered and strengthened from within, and I am capable of handling any challenge that faces me, any obstacle that obstructs my path to a perfect, joyful experience of being alive today. And so it i s."* All I have to say after reading this is: Bahahahaahaha!  (sniff)  so funny. You know,  I think I could actually make this happen, but only if I were on vacation.  Without children . In reality, it's more like this: There is nothing but chaos in my life today.  I would love peace, but I'm not at that time of life yet. The children ...

With Mother's Day only a week away, my 8-year-old daughter asked me this question while we were clearing the dinner table.  We had just had a super-busy day, filled with homeschooling and errands and housecleaning and laundry. My first reaction (mentally) was, "WHY would she ask that?" Doesn't she notice the amount of time I've invested in her? Take homeschooling, for example.  I spend half of every day educating her.  After she goes to bed each night, I spend time learning to teach the way she learns, reading articles on parenting, and planning homeschool events and playdates so her social needs can be met (mine, too, but that's for another post). I watch her so closely - when I noticed she wasn't reading so well, we went and got her glasses.  When the dentist said, "orthodontia," we took you to the orthodontist to be evaluated right away.  When I noticed you were having spelling and writing problems, I busted my tail end getting a...