Attention all Moms!

Okay Moms… Lets talk about us for a few minutes.

What do you think about yourself? This is a question I have asked myself in so many different times of my life. The time when Abram was still safely placed inside my belly, when I was a mother to a brand new newborn baby, when I was a mom of two, and then now being a mother of two toddlers and having a teen around the house.

When I was just days away from having Abram I was so excited about becoming a mother to a precious baby boy… BUT I wasn’t so excited about those 70 pounds I had gained or the thought that I would probably never weigh 130 again in my life! Then Abram entered this world and it really didn’t seem to matter all that much anymore… all I could think about was keeping this perfect tiny human alive. I’m sure you all can relate.

Then came Ellie… She was perfect, I lost a whole bunch of sleep the first eight months she was here. Looking back at those eight months I don’t think I left the house to much. I had a newborn and a two year old… the grocery store once a week was enough for us!

And then there’s now… Ellie is 3, Abram is 5, and Gunter is 17. We do baseball, karate, ballet, cheer, gymnastics, football and basketball. Most days I don’t know if I’m coming or going and if I get a few hours at home I refuse to spend it doing laundry! But that’s just where I am now and I’m sure if your house if full of kiddos you are feeling the same way.

Most of my days I am so overwhelming (this is not a cry for pity because I get it… us moms are all straight up exhausted), but today when my day was coming near to an end I got the sweetest text from a dear friend that God just recently put into my life. This message broke the “okay” front I had put on all day and it pretty much said….

“You’re strong. You’re awesome. And you should be really proud of yourself. If nobody sees the work that you do and the time that you put into things you do, remember that God does! He sees your heart, your attitude, your perseverance, every smile, every folded piece of laundry…. God sees you and HE has got you!” and she went on and on! (She is heaven sent, I swear!)

You see Momma’s, we need this in our life! We need those women that lift us up and do not dare to tear us down. We need support and prayers during the most important years as we shape and mold our little ones! As mothers we have so much on our plate and we are always so exhausted from just being. We go through so many different stages in so many short years, we have to learn to love our new self, except the fact that life will not be about you for at least 18 more years, you have to become selfless and bravely allow God to guide you into motherhood. It’s not easy!!!!!

So the reason I wanted to share the text message from my dear friend is because I now want you to go back to that message and read it as if your “person” sent it to you!! Because geez… YOU are strong and YOU are awesome and you deserve to hear it!

Ladies I love you all and I’m praying for all of us!

Keep being the best mom you can be for your kiddos. Be present, be involved, love them for them, and raise them to know the greatest love of Jesus Christ (if we can do that… forget about the laundry and mopping the floors! Amen!).