I will call this tired and rambling..

I don't do any more than any other mom out there does, in fact most of the time I am sure I do a lot less! I clean house, pay bills, do homework, make breakfast, lunch and dinner, I shuttle everyone to and from everywhere all the time. I clean up, break up and mix up arguments, meals, work, assignments, and unfortunately right now I do it alone most of the time. Now this is not a pity me post, because that really is not my style, its more of a grateful post. We had a great Sunday school lesson that talked about trials and how we deal. Now I am not saying motherhood is a trial, but it has its ups and downs, and well, without help I do not always do a great job!! We can take our situation and just sit around and mope.. or get up move on. I give a big shout out to the single mothers of the world, because I don't know how they do it. Anyway, I often feel my kids don't get how much I do for them, but really do they ever? I never understood what my parents did for me until I had my own children, can I really expect differently from them? Well tonight after dinner, baths, homework, books, etc... we were all laying on my bed and Addison came over and started rubbing my back, Broderick joined in and rubbed my shoulders and Reagan got my feet.. I just laid there.. for 20 min.. I kid you not, and my kids took turns thanking me for taking care of them. Thanking me for dinner, for letting them play with friends, for helping them with homework, for being there because daddy can't be right now. In their own way they told me they get it, and as mothers we don't do things because we expect validation, but I got a bit tonight. I am grateful for kids who can make me crazy, but really try hard not to. Sometimes we need that little push in the right direction, and I needed it and got it tonight! 3 sweet kids, who knew how to love their mommy!!