Sacrifice..

Today we met our first homeschooler here in Texas. It was so nice meeting another mama. We met at one of our library branches and I was able to take my 3 littlest ones to the Laugh and Learn story time. I enjoyed it and I "think" my munchkins did too! I am hoping that we can go again! This is something I have wanted to do with my littles for awhile so I am glad that I am finally getting to do it!

So often I feel like I am not a good mama to my kiddos but something that a good friend of mine reminded me of helps me pull my thoughts away from such negativity. It might not seem like a big thing, but she reminded me that I am a good mama and that I have been nursing for 15 years straight! That I continue to nurse my babies even when it's inconvenient and hard. For me, thats huge, because so much of the last 16 yrs of my marriage I have been breastfeeding. And alot of the time it is a sacrifice. I have to give up alot of my wants so that my babies can have what they need to grow into healthy children and then into healthy adults.

 This is true in so many areas of motherhood. We want to go here and we want to do this but instead we take our children to the library for story time or to the park for play time. We want the whole piece of chocolate for ourselves but instead we share it with our teen. We need new clothes but instead we buy our 12 yr. old the new shirts she needs. Motherhood is all about sacrifice. Every day we sacrifice our wants, needs and our time for these little and bigger people the L-rd has given us to raise.

And perhaps by doing this we are teaching them what it truly means to love others more than we love ourselves. Maybe we can lead the next generation away from the "it's all about me" into the "it's all about you" way of living life?!
 
Sure, it's a challenge. It's a SACRIFICE! I don't think we'll be sorry or regret our choice!