It's NOT always easy!

I loved this article enough to share it! Go ahead- take a moment, it's quite entertaining, and for those of you with kiddo's, it will most likely have you smiling and nodding to yourself, thinking, "Yep! That was written about me!"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glennon-melton/dont-carpe-diem_b_1206346.html

Why did I love this article so much? Because almost word for word, this article is about ME. Because I am that Mom at the grocery store with a screaming 2-year old who hates being tied into the shopping cart's baby seat with webbing straps; a 7-year old trying to either shoplift candy into my cart or convince me why she absolutely needs it because she is starving to death; and a special needs 4-year old who is throwing everything out of my basket because there was only one baby seat on the cart and little brother had to sit there (otherwise he would be either MIA, or pulling everything off the shelves at the 2-foot level). Therefore, I'm the one trying to balance 15 stray items in my arms, and push the cart, while stopping every 2 feet to pick up another item that has just been launched out of the basket. I'm the one screaming at the 7-year old to stop screaming at the 2-year old for screaming. True story. It's a weekly occurrence. Fortunately, many of the cashiers at my local grocery store know me by name now. They have a handful of balloons and stickers ready at the checkout as I approach. They have the Drive & Load cart ready and waiting. And they actually don't ask me if I am enjoying every moment, because they can clearly see that I am not... but they still greet me with a smile, and tell me how happy they are to see me and my sweet children again. And I usually have to look over my shoulder to make sure they are really talking to me.

So, I'm the one who gets told by the sweet, little old lady at the store how precious my children are, and how lucky I am... and you know what? No matter how flustered or embarrassed I feel about the scene we are making, I know that she is right- each of them really are so precious, and I know I am very lucky to have them... and I am extremely grateful as well to know that I have them and that I am doing the best I can to care for them. And, I'm not actually doing as shabby a job as I sometimes think I am.