Thankful.....

As I am picking up toys and preparing to sweep, mop and vacuum for what feels like the hundredth time just this week. As I am planning the meal that I know will be a fight to get the kids to eat.
 I start to feel what is the use. I start to complain to myself... They are just going to mess it up again. The laundry is always crazy no matter how hard I try to stay on top of it. I am sick of Blues Clues and Mickey Mouse on the TV.I am so frustrated at never having a orderly home and then... WHAM... I am hit with a over whelming sense of thankfulness.
I can't help but be reminded of all the years of my floors being perfectly clean and everything in order. My home silent and peaceful. Having full nights of sleep and most of all.... my arms being empty.
I can remember just praying for a baby to wake me up at night. To have a excuse to buy all those sweet baby toys that now liter my floors and clothes that have my washer for ever going for. Some one to fill my empty arms.
Now as I get ready to mop my floor for the second (and sure not to be the last) time to day, I do it with a thankful heart.

                          Thank you Father for feeling my arms with so much love and joy!

at least with Brenna I only have to be thankful half the month..lol

They are worth the mess:)

I am also reminded how fast this time goes. It seems just yesterday that Sara was home, making all kinds of messes and noise. I can not tell you how many time I told that child to turn down her radio and to pick up after herself. Some times I felt like it would never end and now much to my hearts sadness.. it has ended. She is all grown up living on her own. Cleaning up her own messes.  I am so very thankful for the years I had being her"Mommy( and her maid) .

So as I finish my daily chores I will do it with praise on my lips for Him, who has given me so much to be thankful for.