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today i have been humbled twice by my children...

let me start my story by backing up a few days to this past sunday. we were at church and the topic was how we (or the men in our lives) should take the time to really appreciate and love the women in their lives. that often times the women might feel under appreciated or over stretched with responsibilities with home, family, work, and other callings.

so one of the men giving a talk said something that i really enjoyed. so much that i wrote it down.

"the best part of motherhood comes in fleeting moments. frustrating times are abundant but take the moments that pass so quickly to mother your children and make those connections with them that they will remember." RO.

so now fast forward to today. i have been busy with taking and picking cullan up from mom school. for some reason i am really sleepy and have been silently grumping about how my children do not nap anymore. anyways i have been trying really hard to get my house clean and everything picked up and organized. i am sure some of you moms can relate with the fact that when you have little ones at home, it is a little frustrating as they follow you and seem to just want to undo the cleaning you have just completed.

so while cleaning i have also been doing laundry. this was where the first instance of humbling happened on my part.

• i was taking a load of the boys clothes to the washing machine to start a load and i had asked the boys to please stay on the couch while i started the load. well half way through putting stuff in the washer i see kael poking his head around the corner. he started to make his way towards me and without really paying attention i kind of grumped at him that i had asked him to stay on the couch and that i wish he would have listened to me. as he turned around to head back to the couch with his little head down from getting in trouble i realized he was holding a sock of theirs that i had dropped. argg... i felt like the biggest jerk. i realized i needed to be more patient and realize that sometimes they are just trying to help. i later gave him a hug and said thank you for bringing me the sock.
• the second time was in a similar vein. however this time it was cullan. again i had said to stay on the couch. however this time cullan came out. trying to be more patient after my last experience, i explained to him that i really wanted him to stay in the living room so i could just get this done. (my own personal downfall is that sometimes i just want to get things done and know that i can get done much faster if i just do it myself.) cullan started to head back to the living room and then turned around and said "but i help mommy". i realized that cullan really likes to help me put the clothes from the washer into the dryer. i think because the dryer is just the right height that he can really help all by himself. so i told him he could help me and afterwards he closed the dryer door, gave me a hug and said "thanks mommy" then ran off back to the living room.

i am slowly starting to realize that maybe i am moving to fast and missing the best part of my kids. the fact that they really want to help and that with all the frustrating moments that come in a day, there are also some very sweet ones too..