Sometimes being a mom is hard! All of you moms out there I am sure can agree with that. Being a mom is hard. You have days where it seems like nothing you ever do is right, where patience is gone, where you are counting down the minutes until nap time; only to discover that today is a "no nap" day! I know that I am only the mother of one so I probably have no right to complain. But today (and yesterday) have been not my best mommy days and sometimes I feel like I am living in the book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"! (Which if you haven't read is a super cute children's book.) Sometimes I feel so inadequate to be my beautiful daughters mother. I get so upset with myself for not having enough patience and for not showing her enough love. I worry that she doesn't always get the best of me and I am always praying for strength and guidance to be a better mom. Well, tonight I took the welcome break and left the kiddo with Daddy and went to the Relief Society broadcast. After the broadcast my stake had a dinner for us which was yummy and also gave me the chance to talk to other adults. While talking Katie's great Sunbeam teacher told me how much she enjoys katie in Sunbeams. She then told me that every Sunday at some point during Sunbeams She and Katie have this conversation:
Katie: "Where is my mommy?"
Teacher: "She is in her class"
Katie: "I LOVE my mommy! Do you love my mommy?"
Teacher: "Yes I love your mommy"
Katie: "I LOVE my mommy too!"
Well it made my whole day to hear that! Even though I am FAR from perfect Katie must know that I love her. Regardless of anything else I want her to know how much I love her! So instead of today being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day it turned out to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very GOOD day! "Even in Australia"
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aww becky, you are a great mommy to that sweet girl! I have seen you during your so called "horrible no good very bad days" and marvel at your patience! Katie is one lucky girl to have you as her mom. Mom always says that "this too will pass" and I think that applies to two year olds! Before you know it she will be past all the difficulties that she is facing and you will miss some of them, just cause it means she has left yet another stage of babyhood behind. I love ya sis!
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