Life is messy and it goes on and on. This is a picture of myself pregnant with my little one and that’s my mom with my husband and oldest. He was just about to turn 2 at the time. Little did we know that I would be put in the hospital on bed rest for a month and my little one would need to be delivered a month early. We didn’t know that my mom would have to come and stay with Noah (my oldest) while my husband worked. Noah had just begun Early Intervention and began at a preschool. He was receiving speech and special instruction in the home. He almost completely stopped talking the few words he had at the time. He had no idea what was going on and why mommy wasn’t home. Life is messy. But it does go on.
I’m writing this in response to the countless whining of parents when school is closed for a snow day. I understand, people work and this throws a wrench in the works, but it’s going to happen. As, parents I think we have made plans and have had to break them several times. We’ve had to be no shows at birthday parties, holidays, and other events because of illness or my favorite- my kid is just having a bad day. Messy, messy,messy! My advice- grown up and go on.
If life went according to plan imagine all the fantastic things you would be missing. Hasn’t anything ever happened to you when you least expected it? It doesn’t have to be grand like winning the lottery. For example: Due to a family emergency my husband had to cancel plans for a guys day with our boys, I had to take them to the movies and my plans went to hell. I found out that my little guy has a tooth loose. It might be small, but I’m glad that I was here when he discovered it. We called daddy to tell him we were a big boy. I would have missed that and been disappointed. If I would have kept my focus on the fact of the emergency, or that my day to myself was gone it would have been a disaster. Messy, messy,messy.
Life is messy and we go on. We cry, we laugh, we celebrate, and we mourn. Make peace with it. You can’t do anything about the emergency, you can’t stop the snow day, what you can do is live in the moment and enjoy it for what it’s worth. I learned this during my month in the hospital. Most people go nuts on bed rest, I embraced it. I kept my eye on the prize, which would be a healthy baby boy. I learned how to focus on myself and on the good inside all the darkness. (leaving my 2 year old) When things go as planned I’m actually kind of shocked now, and that is a different type of exciting.
My forecast calls for more snow: batten down the hatches and enjoy! Soon you’ll be able to complain about how hot it is!
Mrs_Thielke says
🙂 Loved it. So true.
Love from South Dakota!
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Jamie says
Following Back. Totally agree life is messy!
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