May 25, 2011

Pedestals

 Mother's Day 2011
Our bishop was driving by our house as Jason was taking pictures of the children and me.  He was kind enough to stop and offer to take one of the entire family.What a great Mother's Day gift!

I recall a sacrament meeting talk given some years ago on Mother's Day when the speaker said, "Every year on this day, we put mothers on such a high pedestal, that all the women go home feeling guilty."  Well, since then, I've let go of all unreal expectations I've had for myself and for my children...well, at least my Mother's Day expectations. 

Why should this Sunday be any different, simply because we're supposed to honor mothers?  I know I will still have my "battles of the bench" in trying to keep three rowdy boys reverent.  I will likely struggle to console a child who is in a great gulf of woe and misery because his brother is now sitting in his spot. I apologize if the plastic dinosaur, thrown in a fit of tantrum, hit you in the back of the head.  I'll have the intuition to hand the babe off to daddy just before she spits everything up that I just managed to feed her, and I'll try not to laugh too loudly at the sight of him dripping wet in his suit.  (I'll even do the laundry...eventually.)  I should definitely still expect to be called upon to remove my son from nursery for using the chairs as a weapon.  I will delve into my arsenal of dirty looks to flash across the Primary room at the son who is giggling with his neighbor when he's supposed to be singing Praise to the Man. I will do all this, and more, and it won't seem so bad.  I'll just "chalk it up" to another three-hour block survived, and there's no guilt in that.  In fact, I think I'll just take my place on that pedestal, thank you very much!




This post authored by Amber

4 comments:

Noell said...

Great post! You are such a wonderful mother! I mean, look at those 4 beautiful children! You obviously did something right! :) Love you Amber!

Heather Child said...

Amen! And what beautiful pictures you got that day!

Joy said...

Well! You might as well use that family photo for your Christmas cards because I don't think a family photo could get any better than that! (Except for the minor detail that Ella will look like a giant in comparison by Christmas time...)
And yes, you can certainly celebrate surviving 3 hours at church! Because it can be quite a challenge!

Pickle said...

Thanks for making me laugh, love what you wrote!