motherhood.

For those of you who have children, (or not) I highly recommend reading this.  We all know motherhood is no walk in the park, and it is by far the most important "profession" on Earth. Sometimes society downplays the importance of it, making other things seem much more important. (One of the best things in the article is how it reminds us to not judge each other about when or how many kids to have. I think we can all do better about that.) The article also quotes a Christian blogger saying:

"Children rank way below college. Below world travel for sure. Below the ability to go out at night at your leisure. Below honing your body at the gym. Below any job you may have or hope to get.” 

She then adds:

“Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.”

Being reminded of how true that is, it made me feel even more proud of what I do. Made me enjoy it more. Made me take it more seriously. Made it easier for me to enjoy taking care of Ezra all day. Cleaning the house. Going grocery shopping. Cooking dinner. Changing the diapers. Its not glamorous. Sometimes Justin gets home from work at 7pm and I am still in sweats. There's no shame in that. What I do is important. I wish we, as mothers, would realize how blessed we really are. How important what we do really is. I don't really care if others don't appreciate motherhood like they should. 

I guess my point of this post is to express appreciation for all you good moms out there. We can have no idea of far-reaching our efforts can be. I hope that by reading this you were reminded of how important and awesome you are. And nothing you could be doing right now could be more important. 


Now, I'd better get back to being a mom. Ezra is standing on the kitchen table throwing Christmas candy everywhere.