Ever looked around you and realized things were a bit crazy? Lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to begin embracing the crazy now!
You see, things aren’t always going to be like this. In fact, it’s likely things are going to become a lot MORE crazy before they start calming down. I have ONE kid right now and think it’s crazy. You mammas with 5 and 6 kids are probably laughing and well you should!
I love my current crazy and totally enjoy my toddler. However I have this habit. It’s not an altogether bad habit, but at this time in my life it needs to go.
What habit is preventing me from embracing the crazy now?
I’m a dreamer. An idealist. Someone who has the perfect future in her head. The planner and goal setter for a better future.
All my life I’ve dreamed of being married and how I would be a good wife and homemaker. While still a teen at home my focus was on learning how to keep a home (when I wasn’t lost in a book!).
I wanted to be a mommy. And not just a mommy, but a mommy who stayed home with her babies and raised them to fear the Lord. A mommy who taught her children at home, a mommy who understood natural remedies and healthy food so she could give them the best health possible.
And dear readers: I have been so blessed!
God has given me my dreams. There is a wonderful man that I call my husband, and a couple of babies that I call my sons. And to top off those blessings, I am blessed as well to stay at home with my babies and keep the house (acceptably) clean while feeding my family healthy and delicious meals.
I should be on cloud nine, and truly I am. Yet I’m still a dreamer. Instead of embracing the crazy now that is my wonderful life, I’m still dreaming.
Dreaming of when the kids are older and we start doing school together. Dreaming of moving to the country and giving my boys the country life I grew up with. Dreaming of being out of debt, and so much more.
Until one day it occurred to me. I can dream my life away or embrace the crazy now and love exactly where I’m at.
I can dream my life away or embrace the crazy now and love exactly where I'm at. Click To TweetIt changed my focus. Today, I am right where God wants me to be. Today he has given me what I need. Today, I will rejoice and be glad.
Tomorrow may bring more joy, or sorrow, or pain. Tomorrow may be bright or dark. But tomorrow is tomorrow.
Today I will rejoice and be glad in the crazy. I will laugh as I once again kick the toys away from the door as a visitor stops by. I will sit and rock my baby. I will laugh with my toddler as he makes new discoveries and new sounds.
This crazy? It’s a blessing from above and it’s mine.
Dear Mommas, will you join me in embracing the crazy now?
We don’t have a promise of tomorrow. We only have now, let’s embrace the stage of life we are in and be thankful!
Oh, it is SO true! They grow up so quickly! The days are long, but the years truly are short, and one day we will look back and wish it was now. Now is precious. Now is wonderful. Now is truly all we have. God bless you in your endeavors to be all He wants you to be. I am very behind in my reading, but I see from reading this post that you now have 2 sons! A belated Congratulations to you and your husband!
Hi Cheryl, I do indeed have two sons, but the one isn’t yet born. š However we are quite thrilled with boys and excited to meet him. Anyday now at this point!
True! I am trying to embrace my crazy today too… not longing for when my girl is older and start doing this or that, but now that she’s a toddler and is all full of new discoveries every day. Not waiting for the time she doesn’t run away from me when she wants to play but it’s bathtime, but enjoying chasing her around the house because that is what she does now (and although I’m usually tired, it is fun and is rewarding seeing her eyes shining and that big smile). Every day is a day!
Toddlers really are a lot of fun when we take the time to train and connect with them. Mine is crazy but I adore him and his already developing humor for sure. Thanks for stopping by!
That song ministered to me in my lots of littles crazy days!
Blessings to you sweetie!
Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage
Kendra,
That is a good message for anyone. We can have dreams but we need to embrace the now. We live in this moment – not in tomorrow. Many blessings on you as you live this way.
I’m a grandma of 7 and remember the years of being a mommy on duty constantly. I had fun. We didn’t have so much hype about the perfect house, the organization. I just lived and played and enjoyed my time with my kids. And sometimes tidied up.
Thanks for the linkup.
Janis