life

This morning I was rushing around trying to clean up the breakfast mess, direct everyone into getting themselves dressed, fold loads of laundry that have been sitting in baskets since monday, make sure everyone’s beds were made, re-roll the toilet paper again for the thousandth time this week (thank you Hadley), wipe the hundred globs of toothpaste that have appeared all over the sink & counter since yesterday, and try not to go insane with the craziness of it all. I stumbled upon this smack dab in the middle of the living room floor.

On most days I irritably pick it up whatever they have left behind and toss it into it’s proper place in someone’s bedroom. however today it stopped me in my tracks. I was temporarily lifted out of my robot mom mode and I looked around at my two youngest girls. They were blissfully unaware of me sweating, running, and cleaning like a madwoman. in contrast they were laughing, playing, and cuddling their precious care bears - enjoying life. I sat for a few minutes watching them and thinking how much I was going to miss this in about ten years. For all the fingerprints, messes, unraveled toilet paper rolls, chaos, sweat, and work I put in now - I love my life. and I adore my girls.