Today I will be thankful for the early morning, even when my eyes struggle to open and my bed begs me to go back to sleep. I have learned in the past that an early morning is proof that you’ve made it to another day. Some seasons, that’s all that you can do for yourself. Some seasons that is all that you can strive for; just making it to the next day.
Today I will be thankful for the early morning.
Today I will be thankful for the messes my kid’s make around the house, however overwhelming they may be in the moment. I will be thankful that this is an opportunity for me to teach them how to care for a home. I will take a deep breath, and show them how to put away their things with intention and love. I will help them find new tricks for their brain that will help them organize and pick up. I will show them the tricks that I use. I will use this opportunity to teach them that their value is not connected to how the state of their room looks, or their ability to keep it looking a certain way. I will use this time to teach them that cleanliness has no morality.
Today I will be thankful for the messes my kid’s make.
Today I will be thankful for the slow times that come, even when a part of me is saying that being slow means that I am not valuable. I will take a second to be alone today, to sit with that voice and become friends with it. I will tell that part about all of the things in my life that allow me to go slow. I will show it the home I live in, the husband who is supportive, the job that cares for me, the friends who show up. I will thank that part for taking care of me when I needed it to. I will tell that part that she can rest now.