"When do I get to sleep in?'

This morning both of my girls decided to sleep in, or at least later than 7:00.  Now, this seems like a good thing, but this is a day that we had MOPS, so I had to be up and ready.  My husband looked at me and said, "Why do they sleep in when we can't?"  I simply looked back with irritation in my voice and said, "When do I EVER get to sleep in?"  Yesterday was a frustrating day with a late night as I prepared for a yard sale, so when I woke up this morning with my three year old in bed with me, I just wasn't ready to face the day.  Don't get me wrong, I love my MOPS group, so it wasn't that. I am simply feeling overwhelmed and from the beginning felt uncertain of how I was going to get everything done.  Yesterday, I broke down at the computer as I couldn't get gmail to work.  It was nothing major, but it just felt as if it was simply another thing that I couldn't control and get to work.  All part of that having to wait, having to believe, having to trust.

And then, we got to MOPS.  I got to get dressed with no distraction, so that was a definite plus.  We got ready, and I managed to get there a few minutes early to get set-up the the things that needed to be ready in advance.  What helped and struck me though was some words from our speaker today.  She is the mom of 12, with her youngest being 5.  As she told us, she didn't come to us as a mom of twelve, but rather to encourage us as godly women and mothers.  She had the words that I needed to hear and remember.  She reminded me that God has made this plan for each us and blessed each of us with the children and circumstances that we are in right now.  We have to embrace the moments and remember that these are memory makers.

But, at the end, she said, "Make-up your mind that you can do it!  It may be hard, but you can do it!"  No matter how many kids we may have or what we may be dealing with, we have to make our minds up that we can do it, and we can't let other thoughts get in our way.  So, I may never really sleep again, but I can do it, because God has placed me with these two children.  I may not know what the next few weeks hold, but I have to try to remember that I can do it.  I am not saying that I won't have a breakdown or twenty, but when some help, I will make-up my mind that I CAN DO IT!