So this week I have been struggling a bit with my own attitude about a few things. I'm a stay at home mom and while I love every bit of that honor, there are a few things that at times get under my skin. I do see staying home as an honor and a priviledge because I know there are so many moms who would love to stay home with their kids but financially aren't able to. I am so blessed to stay home and have the little side jobs and my daycare kids that I have to help add to our household budget. And while I know that staying home also means that my job is to clean and maintain our household there are days when I feel like the maid. I could go on a pitty trip and rant about how if I didn't do everything nothing would get done around this house but I won't. My 7 year old even informed me this week that her job was to go to school and my job was to clean up after her. That didn't go over to well for her I can say.
But while I was talking to a friend today about my need for an attitude change, she reminded me of a testimony she once heard from an older woman. This woman said she would complain about her husband not picking up his socks and it was always a problem until the morning she woke up and the socks weren't there. He had passed on and then she realized how much she missed the socks being on the floor.
Yep that brings on a new perspective. Do I wish the people in my house would pick up after themselves, yes I do. But I will work on changing my attitude towards them about it. I'm not their maid but I did sign up for being the household care taker and I am thankful for that priviledge. I will be thankful for those things that irritate me because I know that there will come a day when the people who do them will be gone. The day will come when my daughter's bedroom will be empty and she will be on her own and the day will come when my husband will no longer be with me. I hope that day comes much later in my life and that I have many more years until then, but I know that the day will come at some point in my life. So for now I will work on my attitude and be thankful that I have them in my world. Not saying that it will be easy every day but I will work on it.
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