I am Happy!

I just want to ramble for a moment and say how grateful and blessed I am to have such a great, kind, and hard working husband and such wonderful, beautiful, healthy kids. I am so truly blessed. Sometimes I forget to take a step back and breathe and just enjoy my life right now. The days are full of craziness, driving around taking a kid here and there, and kids making messes after I just got the house clean. Like spilled milk or mushed cheerios in the carpet. And in the evening when it is quiet I try and picture how it will be when my kids are grown and the house is empty. I am saddened by this thought. Time is flying by. I think I will miss the ruckus and the spilled milk, the cries in the night when one has a bad dream and needs a hug and a glass of water. I love the pure innocence of a child. The way they get so excited when they learn something new. I love my hands full. When I was at the store a couple of years ago, (when I only had two kids), a lady stopped to tell me that I had my hands full. It was one of those days when one is running around the store and the other was throwing a tantrum. It made me feel very overwhelmed and the lady knew it in my flushed sweaty face. But then the thought came to me how very blessed I was. I would much rather have my hands full than empty! I am so grateful that I am able to have children and be a mother on this earth. I love that feeling so much! I am also very blessed to be able to stay home with my children to help them learn and to watch them grow. Thank you to my husband for that! Okay sorry it is late and I could just go on and on. I am happy!