Right Where I Belong

I blog a lot about the challeges of being a mother. About the crazy crap my kids do, about the trouble they get into. It's so hard to remember why we do this, sometimes, when we are knee deep in bodily fluids and messes and laundry and sass and whining and sleep deprivation. Not a week goes by that I don't wonder what the hell possessed me to have more than one of these creatures, and why I gave up a career that I loved to stay home with them.

Friday morning on the way to drop off my bigger three at the art summer camp they attended last week, I glanced in the rear view mirror and saw all of them at once, the big two with just the tops of their heads peeking out over the books they were reading, and the littles with that kinda hazy eyed face of trying-to-wake-up looking out the windows at the scenery, and I was overcome with contentment. It was an odd feeling and one I didn't recognize at first, but then I stopped at a red light and was able to study them for a bit, get a few glimpses of the little people in their world, as they experience it, and I was filled with gratitude that I get to share their world with them, and I thought to myself "There is no place on earth I'd rather be than where I am right this second."

Comments

[carmen]

I've had that feeling once or twice. Not recently, but I know of what you speak.

[Robin]

I love those moments too!

[Rocky]

Today is my 70th Birthday. I had Brunch with 2 of my 3 Daughters, 4 of my 6 Grandkids, and 4 of my Great Grandkids as well as my 100 yr old Mom. It never gets any better than this.......
Rocky

[Agincourtdb]

Really? You really wouldn't rather be on that beach from the corona commercials?

[angi]

I had that kind of feeling today too...and it was MUCH needed :)

[hokgardner]

Those moments are so wonderful, and at least for me, they go a long way in making up for a lot of the hard, messy, noisy moments that go with being a mom.

[gusgirl]

I am always amazed at how one of those moments can make up for so many bad ones.