Overwhelmed???

I know that as a mom I sometimes feel so very overwhelmed. I know that I am chasing 5 kids in 5 different directions and I often wonder just how in the world I get it all done.. Well wait let me just be honest here for a minute.. I do not always get it all done. I do what I can get done when I can get it done and the rest of it can wait. I know that as mom's we sometimes get so caught up in trying to be the perfect mom with the perfect kids, marriage, house, car, hair, manicured nails and blah blah blah.. Well if there is one thing I have learned over the last 18 years of being a mom to my 5 wonderful kids it is do what you can do, but do not be so concerned with getting everything done all the time and being perfect. I have also learned that the only thing for sure is that things do not always go as planned.. In fact the more we strife to be perfect, have the most perfect kids, house, job or whatever the more chaotic life is because things will go wrong then we spend so much time trying to fix that. I am not some anal mom nor am I one who is so relaxed that things go unnoticed. I am a mom a human and protector and teacher of 5 wonderful little people God blessed me with.
Oh here this one will shock some of you.. It is ok to leave the supper dishes till morning, to not go to a party, to not have your kids in every sport or to drive the nicest car. I leave my supper dishes till after bedtime or the next morning or skipped a party of function just to sit at home on the bed reading, playing games or watching a movie with my kids.. Why you might ask? Because they grow so fast and in the blink of an eye they will be grown up and we do not get that time back.. It is ok to not be perfect and to spend quiet time home with just you and your kids and spouse if your married.. Cherish these moments they won't last forever.
This past week while I have been recovering from my surgery I have got to spend quiet time with my kids, snuggling and just hanging out. I know that the 2 youngest kinda had life on the fly this week. They had their schedules so messed up due to my surgery and today when Jeremiah came home from his friends we laid down turned on a netflix movie and cuddled while he told me about his week and then we took a nap.. It was so sweet and I am so blessed that I took the time..
Take time with your kids now someday they will have families of their own and be too busy and then you will know that you should have not been so busy when they had the time....

Till Next Time...... God Bless