some times i wonder if i am there yet. just a bit tired and wanna go home. but then i think of all the fun i am having and it's all worth it.
the journey is the part to enjoy. president monson's talk, "joy in the journey", has been on my mind. my home teachers gave it as our families lesson on sunday. (by the way, i love our home teachers!) really, i love the part where pres. monson says, "pile up enough tomorrows and you'll have a lot of empty yesterdays". something to that affect. it's so true. i need to enjoy now, do now, be now...... of course i need to plan for the future and i do look forward to what tomorrow will be.
i feel i have been happy with "now". it's been hard to be with someone who was looking forward to tomorrow rather than having "joy in the journey". well yesterday was a great day. our main level was pretty messy. our home teachers came over. i warned them to watch where they were stepping soo they wouldn't trip. it really wasn't too bad. we all sat down and they mentioned how it's hard to keep a house clean with 4 Little boys. i agreed and todd said something that i have been waiting for for years. he has finally accepted that the house will be kinda crazy until the boys grow up and move out. he talked about how he's enjoying this time for what it is. I mentioned that yes we will be in a messy house for years, but we don't give up. we keep trying and trying and trying and..... we all talked about this for a while and it lead right into the lesson, "joy in the journey". what a relief to have todd be, well maybe not the exactly on the same page as me, but he is at least in the same book as i am. :)
totally off the subject, todd laid down the straw all over our lasagna garden. now just the leaves and we are set. i am so excited for this!!!
well off to sleep so i can have joy in my journey tomorrow!
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"i agreed and todd said something that i have been waiting for for years. he has finally accepted that the house will be kinda crazy until the boys grow up and move out. he talked about how he's enjoying this time for what it is."
What a wonderfully affirming thing for him to say. He seems like such a nice guy. We had 7 kids over here for Thanksgiving and are still recovering from the mess. :-) It's just how kids are.
It is a constant challenge to keep enjoying the journey. As soon as you get good at it, something will come up to push you back into wishful thinking. And again comes the challenge of looking around and remembering that "now" is the best time of all.
And,oh, how I understand the struggle to back off and enjoy the mess of a bunch of little kids. I've posted about it, too . . . several times. Hurrah to you for making your boys more important than a tidy floor; and hurrah to Todd for the same.
That "mystery" comment I removed was only an accidental double posting of my first comment--I'm not hiding any secrets from you!
Hooray for you and Todd and the boys! What is really cool is that you never give up!
I remember when you were very young and were changing Jackie's diaper. You were the only one, besides her mom, who could change her diaper. Her mom, Judi said, "Jackie has finally met someone who is more stubborn than she is!"
Your strength has always served you well and it continues to do so now. That is awesome!
I don't call it "stubborn"! I call it "resilient." Yeah, that's a good word...
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