A mothers love

I'm still sick.... bummed out & sick. Not sick to the point where I cannot move but sick enough that I don't want to share the love and more or less to be miserable enough to loathe the feeling. I get tired just doing normal stuff. My house looks like a bomb hit it and thankfully my kiddos are contented to be happy just playing indoors with a Momma who often goes and lays down anywhere that I can for 15 min here or there.

I was just thinking about brushing my teeth (mind you it was 11 am) for the day when my mom (the one in the photo with both of the kids) called to once again give me one of her many "finds" when out one day. I had called the previous night asking if she had a duvet cover or could she help me create one out of thin air to be used in our bedroom because I hate the comforter we have. She stated that she had a quilt I could use. (Gotta Love moms) She showed up and busted me, nasty dirty house and all, in the middle of smelling Jack's sheets and gagging at the fact that he'd took a sippy and most likely spilled milk in there at least a week ago. NICE. She was helping me change the sheets when my mother in law showed up. (In the Black and White photo) She was dropping off a People Magazine (she knows how I love to read those) and wanted to say hi. I saw the 2 of them standing

there in the hallway and began to bawl at the site of myself (nighttime nursing bra and all---p.s. they give NO support) and thought of how horrible a mom I must look to these two veterans because I had a TERRIBLY messy house, a bed that needed the sheets changed days and day ago and 2 kids that were "playing" in the living room without their mom. They both assured me that it was no big deal and even helped me get myself back into order. I can tell you that neither of them made me feel like a bad mom. I had done that all by myself. I think the moral is that today I needed help and I was too proud to ask for it. Yet the Lord sent help anyway. Help and reassurance in the form of two wonderful examples of what it means to be a mom. I'm lucky to have them both. Back to bed for this one though... or I'll never get well enough to run at normal speed.