Being a mom...

Being a mom to one child was hard.

Being a mom to two children was hard.

And now being a mom to four children is still hard.

I feel like with every child that has been added to the bunch, I get less and less patient, and I yell more and more. Shouldn't I be gaining more wisdom with each child?

I have always wanted, and continue to want, to be a better mom. There is always something (or lots of somethings) that I don’t feel I am doing a good job at. Some days I am distracted, rushed, frazzled. Some days I am rushing the children along all day long. Some days I yell. Some days all the noise drives me crazy. But when I am able to remember how precious this time is while my kids are young, I actually savor the little moments of sitting and reading book after book with a most captive audience.

I seem to have a cycle of good parenting and bad parenting. I have really bad mommy moments, where I get upset with my child over something really miniscule and then I feel guilty. So I study and search for nuggets of wisdom to guide me in my journey of motherhood. I yearn for inspiring quotes that I can keep on the forefront of my mind as I go throughout some of the mundane moments of motherhood, to remember this truly eternal and important role that I have been placed in. These quotes and knowledge inspire me, and truly do help me be a better mom. But then my memory fades with the days that go on, and those quotes aren't there in my mind and memory to help me anymore, and I fall back into my old ways of being inpatient and getting upset over little things.

My goal in contributing to this blog, is to provide a place where we can all be open and honest about the struggles and joys we have as mothers. And to motivate and inspire each other to be the mothers that God wants us to be.