Hard Work

Today I am grateful for Hard Work. We are doing some deep cleaning at our house today. No it is not easy and yes I am tired and so are my kids. But we have accomplished a lot. The bathroom is germ free and shinny, the kitchen cabinets don't have grim on them anymore, the kitchen table, bench and stools have a new coat of stain and varnish on them (we cleaned them so well we took the varnish off - opps), basebaords and doors are almost white again and the boys toys have now been sanitized. We still have a lot to do but it is great to be able to do the work and to see the clean afterwards. I am grateful to the energy, know-how, ability, time (almost have that), and excitement to get the job done. Keep at it and maybe it up will be all done sometime - atleast I can hope!

Little Kids

We have missed having little kids in our home for a while now because mine seem to keep getting bigger. But for the past few weeks we have been able to watch our friends two little kids a couple of times a week as they have been getting ready to move. We have sure had fun feeding a baby and teaching a 2 year old to talk again. It has been really fun to see my kids interact and play and help so much. So I am grateful for little kids and the lessons and smiles they bring.

Learning

I am grateful for my intellect and the ability to learn. Learning hasn't always come easy to me. I have struggled often through grade school and through college. Even though I have struggled to learn I am grateful that I kept trying and was able to learn what I needed to. I am grateful for my education and all the people who helped me. I am also grateful that prayer helped as well.
(I guess I did learn grammer at some time. Hopefuly I fixed all of my previous errors. I still can learn to fix mistakes!)

Spring - well not yet

Today it is raining. It is "Spring" - at least we thought it was. But really I am grateful that it is not yet beautiful and sunny. The kids have school work to do and it is much easier to get it done if they are not daydreaming about playing in the sun. So I am grateful for the rain so that we can get our work done that is inside work. When the sun comes out we will have enough outiside work to do then. But for now we still need to finish what we have started inside. I am grateful I have more time.

Warm toes and Moms

Ok, This morning I am grateful for warm toes. It is Sunday today and we all got ready for church hoped in the car, asked the kids if they all had shoes and when to church. Upon setting up for class I looked down and saw the reason why my toes were still warm. Yes you guessed it. Today I went to church in my slippers. No I didn't mean to and I even checked my kids to make sure they have their shoes. So at the lunch table after church I asked my kids if they would please remind me to get my shoes next week. But you know I am still very grateful my toes were warm during church today. I guess I can blame my mistakes on loosing an hour of sleep (whos idea was daylight savings anyway) Just kidding, my mistakes are all mine and no one elses.

I am also grateful for uplifting messages about personal revelation during the church meeting and a class about the importance of a Mothers role. The children wrote a poem for their moms so I thought I would do the same.

Mom

Serving, Caring, Working

Who loves to give to those she loves

Who is the my angel I've prayed for and needed

Who listens to the spirit and follows the way

Beautiful, Helpful

My Mom

Teaching my Children

I am grateful that I get to teach my children, that I have the ability, time, resource, education, support (great husband), love, sometimes patients and mostly inspiration to do so. It seems like every time I am up against a wall and don't know what to do, I can pray and find the answers to how or what to teach my kids. I am grateful that the I can feel that inspiration and that I can spend the time with my children and learn with them.

I am also grateful that it is not just with scholastic topic that I can teach my children. I am grateful for the background and knowledge and direction to teach them how to live in this world, how to work, how to love, how to play, how to be happy and how to feel inspiration of their own.

I am grateful that I can be a mom. For a long time I didn't think I would be. I love to teach children and to love them. I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to teach and love 6 crazy, wild, loving, happy, trusting and forgiving children that are my own.