Thankful Thursday: The Craziness of Kids

Today I am Thankful for:

• Wiggly Teeth
• 3AM: “Mom I’m scared”
• Dirty knees, filthy fingernails



• Guns, Swords, Light Sabers… all pretend, usually completely imaginary
• Games of soccer in the family room… “Keep the ball low, boys”
• “OOPS”
• 4 year-older declaring “I HATE school”
• 7 year-older asking me what the bad F word is that was written on the back of the school bus seat
• “Can I help you, Mom?”
• “I’m telling.” STOMP STOMP STOMP. “MOM, he [fill in the blank] me.”
• “Mom, I have a joke to tell you.” (Now think of the most non-sensical sentence you can come up with & that’s their idea of a joke.)
• “Mom, I love you” (Seriously, how lucky am I to hear this multiple times a day?!)

Not everything about being a mom is pleasant, but it is all manageable! Children (in my case boys) bring life abundant. I am so thankful to be a mom; to be an influence; to know that I can handle what comes my way… and to know that if I ever feel like I can’t handle it I have a support network behind me like no other!

What are you thankful for this Thursday?