At first I thought I'd tell you about my flower gardening escapades today. But lately, I have precious little blogging time, and I'd rather tell you a small bit of what's been on my heart.
My husband has an out-of-town rotation this month. For various reasons, the boys and I could not accompany him, so we're at home. Andrew comes home on the weekends. During the week, it's
just me and the boys. We're almost two weeks into the rotation...and whew! What a ride.
The first Sunday Andrew left, I knew I was in for a challenge. We had just moved (translation: I couldn't find things, since half of our stuff was still in boxes). For the 1st time in a looooong time, I had broken out with eczema on my hands and it hurt to touch basically anything. Peter was sick with a case of the runs and he threw up all over the floor shortly before Andrew left.
Oh boy. Let's just say I was not very excited to see my husband drive away for the week.
A couple mornings in to that first arduous week, Peter woke up still sick and
super whiny. He didn't want anything to eat and just kept asking to watch Elmo. I set him up to watch his favorite furry friend and sat down at the kitchen table with some very strong coffee. Between the two boys, I had been up 4 times during the night. It was only just breakfast-time, and it felt like the day was already spinning out of control (a slightly dramatic point of view...yes. But that's where I was at!).
I did not want to have a good attitude. I wanted to go back to bed and not change another poopy diaper. Heck, doesn't waking up 4 times in the middle of the night and not having any reinforcements qualify a momma for a bit of self-pity?!
I told God about it in an "Ok. Here's-the-day-and-
how-am-I-going-to-get-through-it" manner.
Almost right away, He reminded me that
He had given me the day exactly as it was. The sick little boy. The sleep-deprived brain function. The out-of-town husband. The body fluids.
And if this is what He had given me, then He would provide the
get 'er done (with a good attitude) ability.
We know that, right? How many times have you heard that if God gives you something difficult, He will give you the strength to handle it?
But PJ-clad with unwashed face and Elmo too-cheerful in the background, it rooted in my heart. And my day changed from:
me, bemoaning the loss of my preferred day, to
God, showing me His greatness in the present situation.
That's not to say that I've had the perfect perspective ever since that moment. Last night I went to bed grumpy and wanting to cry after finally getting both boys to bed shortly before 10 pm.
But I'm wanting to remember. This is what God has given me today. It's not a dire situation (and I can think of plenty worse), but it's too big for me to handle.
God, however, is
gloriously strong to meet the challenge.
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This motherhood gig is schooling me, ya'll! Link up your adventures below. I look forward to reading about them. :) Don't forget to link back to Alicia's Homemaking, and it's always cool to leave some encouraging comments on other people's posts. Our twitter hashtag is #TryNewAdventures.
Attitude Adjustments {Try New Adventures Thursday!}
that goes in my baby bag to put dirty diapers in while we are out and about and a 
that goes in my diaper pail. The liner is great, because then I can dump the entire bag of dirty diapers into the wash (liner included!) and not have to touch any dirty diapers.
