Moments

Moments that can get crazy:

 Moments that are messy:

 Moments that make me proud:

Moments that make me frustrated:

Moments that give me encouragement:
The other day Ayden woke up on the wrong side of the bed.  Ryan was tired and Myles was under the weather with allergies that he had been battling for a couple weeks.  So to prelude this story it was a rough day.  Sometimes believe it or not I can get...animated.  Even though I hate to admit it I know exactly where Ayden gets her sassiness from. *Don't tell Tye I said this*  After a series of getting in trouble one child after the other, I flew off the handle.  I yelled.  I screamed.  I threw my arms into the air and made a fool out of myself.  I sent two kids to their room and put on Mickey Mouse for the other while I stood in the kitchen and cried.  I was so angry at them and so upset at myself.  After I could composed myself it was bath time, dinner then bed.  I didn't say a word to the kids about what had happened and they didn't say anything to me.  That night when I went to tuck Ayden into bed I was feeling like the worst human being on the planet.  After all the hard work that I have put into in trying to control my tone, my voice, my actions I blew it in about two minutes of yelling at them.   The conversation that followed changed my heart forever.  I said, "Ayden, it was a rough day today huh?"  "Yes, Momma it was." "Mommy got very mad at you and Ryan.  I'm sorry I yelled at you." "That's okay Momma you'll try again tomorrow to be nice.  I still love your mad side."  My heart sank to my toes and my eyes filled with tears.  She quoted a book that I read to them all the time.  The book talks about no matter what you do, no matter how you act, "I'll love you yesterday, today and tomorrow too"  Jesus talks about children and how we should be like them.  So forgiving and so sweetly honest with no agenda in mind.  Thank you Lord for this unexpected lesson in love.