[“i runnin’ wis minnie!!!”]
you know, there are a whole bunch of pretty great perks when it comes to this mom deal i’m working with these days… liiike barefoot walks. tiny conversations! sweet friends to visit. the opportunity to head out and see my horse every day, if i can work it, and never missing a beautiful sunset. not to mention all the snuggles on the planet. mandatory snuggles! life dream accomplished!
of course, there are many days when steven gets home from work, and i think… well, shoot, he looks awfully nice!! all handsome and spiffy, and here i am with my chipping nails, not a spot of makeup, eyeballing that ever-growing laundry pile, and stirring a pot of something or other. hahaha. i do try to pull it together more than that on most days, but sometimes… oh, you know! sometimes. sometimes my faux-free-spirit wins out over my exhausted a-type, and well, there i stand with my hair piled up in its end-of-the-day bird’s nest, wishing i’d at least have thrown on my face for the day!
and then, since i guess i’m some impossible combination of merrily content but also really restless, i’ll every now and again go into a little daydream about being someone in some super glammy glam business, saying things like “will you please pull the anderson file for me, hannah? i’ve got to be downtown in 10!” before heading off to a nice lunch meeting in my fancy skirt, and then later that evening collapsing on a sofa that doesn’t require a slipcover with my nude or black heels dropping to the floor in this really stylish sort of manner, because obviously, that’s what my inner business woman does! but then i laugh, because, hahahahaaaaa, business chick brittany wouldn’t last a week. i’m not very punctual, for starters… no, i still think i’m much more suited to being constantly on-call for a pretty little lady, age of two. and fortunately, she can’t fire me for being late or sassy. 😉
either way, though, i think it’s important to remember where the beauty in life really is, no matter what your role. it’s in a family that works hard for each other and appreciates each other’s gifts. it’s in nature, in the sky and the trees and the flowers, all working the way they were created to work, never questioning their design or comparing purposes. it’s in the hugs and kisses that you end the day with, and a tiny voice giving thanks in her bed time prayers all on her own. it’s in the smallest blessings as well as the big. it’s in discovering the talents God has given you and using them to the best of your ability to bring honor and glory not to yourself, but to Him.
i’m sure it’s been for centuries now that mothers have felt the pressure to be more, do more, and do it all better, but i think the pressure is really on in this day and time. we’re constantly exposed to what other people seem to be doing, wearing, buying, being, and it can be really challenging to not compare lives… but hey, when it comes down to it, you really don’t need a whole heck of a lot to take a walk hand in hand under a beautiful sky, now do you?! and anyway, i think that’s where i’m happiest. 🙂
beautiful post. even though i'm not a mommy nor a wife, i have that (not usually) fancy corporate job, currently sporting the (red) stilettos actually, and have to sometimes remind myself to open my eyes and appreciate all those little things that are oh-so-amazing 🙂 and also – everything can be as fabulous as you want it to be! 🙂
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aaaamen, beauty!! it's all about how you see it and also doing what you're made to be doing!! red stilettos sound like a dreeeeam!!! please do a fancy sofa collapse for me!! 😉
Beautiful post!! I so admire your "mommying" skills – I love how you two spend your days together! Lots of special memories being made – way better than sitting behind a desk all day!! 😉
aw thank you!! gosh i can sit and dream all day about all the things i wish i could be doing and being and wishing i was super at every single thing, but it's definitely better to own your calling and embrace what you do best, right!!
I really like the sentiments you expressed..find the beauty in life, no matter what your role is. Lovely.
thank you so much!! yes yes yes!!
I have think the same thing when my husband comes home and there I am in the kitchen with a baby pulling down my leggings (that I was in when he left… ermm…!) and then the thought crosses my mind that I haven't even looked in a mirror all. day. Then I make a mental note to shower. haha! But I love my days spent with Vivian and can't imagine missing all of the amazingness we share.
This was just the best post ever to read with my morning coffee on this beautifulllllllll day 🙂 🙂 🙂 you are the best b! You make me so so soooo excited to be a mum but this was also the best reminder to be happy with the now 🙂 and the now is pretty beautiful! xxx
I LOVE THIS! thank you!! you are such an awesome writer, mama and wife!!
Amen, sista! I'm always wanting to do more and be better. But when I really think about it- my life is actually pretty great. And most days my hair is in a top knot and I have no make-up on- but that's mom life and I'm ok with that! These evening fall walks have been really helping me appreciate all that I have! XOXO
I love your dog. I have a red one 🙂 She is seriously the best natured dog. So so sweet and well behaved.
Wow such a beautiful post, thank you I needed this!!
such a beautiful post B! love it. couldn't agree more. glory to Him, and not us. and the world laughs at that. so we gotta hold tight to truth and the things we know! and cuddles really are the best huh?