"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with childrens sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
Marjorie Pay Hinckley
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with childrens sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
Marjorie Pay Hinckley
I felt like this was a necessary post,I wanted to share that this is EXACTLY how I feel about my kids, although my hair may not always be done perfect or my nails may not always be painted, I may not have the most stylish or most expensive clothes, or go on vacations with my husband, but I know DEEP inside my heart, that I made a daily attempt to make my kids feel loved and cherished each day.
I have wiped every tear, made them better while they were sick, kissed every boo-boo, mended every broken heart, was there for every accomplishment they have mastered in life, and have been there for them, without EVER questioning, Why.... There is not a day or even a minute that goes by, that I do not tell my girls I love them and how proud I am of them or kiss them numerous times because I cannot get enough of their love, and to each, a nightly, "I am SO proud of you", I love to see the smile on Emmah's face, when I tell her she did a fantastic job cleaning her room or how good of a job she did on her spelling test. Kids need these little reminders that keep them going too.
I know that everyday, I have done MY job, as a mother, to do what I am suppose to do and if that means staying home in my pajamas all morning, instead of going to work, or writing that essay that is due, or answering that business call, so we can watch Nemo for the 5th time today, then that is ALL worth it! Because this is what parenting is all about, not the materialistic things, but when I grow up I can then enjoy those things so much more, when they are grown,so I do not feel guilty, so that right now I get MY time with MY kids and NEVER miss anything, and give them my ALL, because that's what Mom's do...so I wanted to share the above story with you because it is exactly how I feel in so many ways...
I have wiped every tear, made them better while they were sick, kissed every boo-boo, mended every broken heart, was there for every accomplishment they have mastered in life, and have been there for them, without EVER questioning, Why.... There is not a day or even a minute that goes by, that I do not tell my girls I love them and how proud I am of them or kiss them numerous times because I cannot get enough of their love, and to each, a nightly, "I am SO proud of you", I love to see the smile on Emmah's face, when I tell her she did a fantastic job cleaning her room or how good of a job she did on her spelling test. Kids need these little reminders that keep them going too.
I know that everyday, I have done MY job, as a mother, to do what I am suppose to do and if that means staying home in my pajamas all morning, instead of going to work, or writing that essay that is due, or answering that business call, so we can watch Nemo for the 5th time today, then that is ALL worth it! Because this is what parenting is all about, not the materialistic things, but when I grow up I can then enjoy those things so much more, when they are grown,so I do not feel guilty, so that right now I get MY time with MY kids and NEVER miss anything, and give them my ALL, because that's what Mom's do...so I wanted to share the above story with you because it is exactly how I feel in so many ways...
