Sweet Moments

I know. I know. I'm eternally behind in the blogging world. I feel guilty about it in a way but things have been seriously busy with our family life that I have had to tell myself time and time again to just adapt to the day to day routine of things and I'll get to write about what we've been up to when the time permits. It may be baby steps but I will catch up someday. :)

I have been reflecting on one of the days I was recently cleaning like mad in our home (killing head lice). I was busy doing LOTS of laundry. I felt bad that I wasn't spending my normal time with the girls and Jocelyn was basically hanging on my legs and whining. I was sitting there trying to fold the laundry as fast as I could so I could throw in the next load and be able to take a break to be with them. It went downhill for Jocelyn at this very moment though. She started to cry while tugging on my pants. I felt horrible but I am only one person with a million and one things to do that were recently thrown onto my list. It then occurred to me: A clean home may be nice but it isn't everything. My girls (and John) are everything to me and I need to treat it as such. So I stopped in the middle of folding, got down to her level by sitting on the floor and she then wrapped her arms around me and gave me a hug for the longest time. She then sat in my lap and we sang songs for awhile. Aubrey was busy off in the other room practicing piano but she wasn't forgotten in this sweet moment. She received lots of hugs soon after. I love my girls so much and this day made me realize (again) that my children are a gift to me! A beautiful and special gift. They are way more important to me than a clean home. It's great to relearn things like this. I hope to be able to ponder this day for a long long time so when life gets thrown around, which it usually does from time to time, I'll be able to still notice the important things...MY FAMILY! This was such a sweet moment for me.