This week I have been staying off of Facebook. I have wanted to delete the thing so many times but can't bring myself to do it with all the family I have on there. They enjoy seeing pictures of Jake and hearing about him. I enjoy seeing pictures of my friend's children also. In our busy lives its a way to stay in some sort of contact. I however; log on way too often and find myself so negative while on there. Soo... my pact to myself this week... is no FB, no coffee,(I'm on a health kick) and more time with Jake and doing things around the house. I seen a few other friends do this so I thought I would too. :) It's been nice.
Today I was reading from one of my "Pins" off of Pinterest "25 rules for moms with boys". I had no idea how emotional it would make me. I seriously cried the entire time I read it. I guess I am emotional today all around. I found out a co-worker of mine has lost her hearing in one ear and some in the other. She has children and I just can't stomach the thought of losing my hearing and not being able to hear my children laugh, cry, say momma, I mean... anything they say or do. It's really sad. I pray she can cope with this and maybe try to get a hearing aide of some sort. She has many more dr apt's ahead. I take for granted so many little things and I ask God for forgiveness that I take these things for granted and appreciate how blessed I am.
Back to the rules I was reading... I wanted to share a few of my favorites... although I loved them all!
*Be an example of a beautiful woman with brains, determination, and integrity. You already are all of those things. If you ever fear that you are somehow incapable of doing anything - remember this: If you have done any of the following: a) grew life b) impossibly and inconceivably got it out of your body c) taken care of a newborn d) made a pain go away with a kiss e) taught someone to read f) taught a toddler to eat with a utensil g) cleaned up diarrhea without gagging h) loved a child enough to be willing to give your life for them (regardless if they are your own) or i) found a way to be strong when that child is suffering...you are a superhero. do not doubt yourself for one second. Seriously
> I need to hear the one above. I honestly get down on myself often. I agree that we should teach our children to look beyond the outter layer and deeper within.
*Kiss him! Any mother of sons will tell you that little boys are so loving and sweet. They can be harsh and wild and destructive during most of the day. But there are these moments when they are so kind and sensitive and tender. So much so that it can cause you to look around at the inward, reserved grown men in your life and think, 'what happens in between that made you lose that?' Let's try to stop the cycle by kissing them when they're loving and kissing them even more when they're wild. Kissing them when they're 2 months and kissing them when they're 16 years old. You're the mom - you can go ahead and kiss him no matter how big he gets - and make sure he knows it. p.s. (this one is just as important for dad's too).
>This one makes me smile. Jake is the sweetest baby boy ever... but the wildest too. In one second he is kissing me (a big wet slobbery one) and the next he is running wild, screaming, and roaring like a dinasour! haha I love my boy so much!
*Be home base. You are home to him. When he learns to walk, he will wobble a few feet away from you and then come back, then wobble away a little farther and then come back. When he tries something new, he will look for your proud smile. When he learns to read, he will repeat the same book to you twenty times in a row, because you're the only one who will listen that many times. When he plays his sport, he will search for your face in the stands. When he is sick, he will call you. When he really messes up, he will call you. When he is grown and strong and tough and big and he feels like crying, he will come to you; because a man can cry in front of his mother without feeling self-conscious. Even when he grows up and has a new woman in his life and gets a new home, you are still his mother; home base, the ever constant, like the sun. Know that in your heart and everything else will fall into place.
> OH how I love this last one. I want more than anything to be Jake's "Home Base". I want him to feel stable. I want him to be strong. I want him to look back one day and know he had a good, Christian, loving, and stable home. If you don't have these things, your life will be unstable - until you find the stability again one day. Take it from someone who knows. I want him to always be able to talk to me or Josh about anything.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far :) My little sweetie is awake now, so time to go give him lots of kisses!!!
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