Mother's Day....A Lifetime Commitment

I couldn't wait for this day...
I understand that a mother's love and strength is tremendous, but wow, has this been a year. A year ago our family was smaller and unsuspecting of all that we were about to experience. We were dreaming of having a baby, but Peyton hadn't quite made his debut yet. It wasn't until June that we found out about Peyton, Patrick, and Paige. We had the blessing of having triplets join our family for a day. Even though now we have two angels in Heaven and a surviving triplet at home with us, I am thankful for the babies that I carried in my body and will forever carry in my heart.
When I think about motherhood, I think of everything that it entails..... making school lunches, playing endless games of the board game aggravation, watching a "cool" move on a video game, paying for prom night tickets, waiting on pins and needles for a text saying "I made it to Grandma's" from a teen driver with wheels, taking a shot from a pellet gun that just arrived after a much anticipated wait of a 16 year old who worked hard to earn it, saying prayers at night, reading lots and lots of books,...and then of course, sitting hours and hours in a NICU room, touching my baby while I sang and prayed. Motherhood is the best thing in the world, and yet the pains of failure on the part of my kids or myself stings. How many times have I told a child to wash his hands after dinner? How many times have I told you to put away your dish after eating and not put it in the sink for me to put in the dishwasher later? How many times have I told you to pick up those tissues off the floor and hang your towel after a shower? How many times have I wanted to do the best and heard myself yelling too quickly, being too critical, expecting too much? Motherhood is not something you can accomplish in a day, a month, a year, or even 18 years....it's something you are always working on for a lifetime. Knowing all this....sign me up. I wouldn't trade it for the world.