It is Okay to fail!

We all have those days, the ones that can't end soon enough! With 8 kids, I tend to have them more often than not. Cleaning, cooking, laundry, baseball, accelerated basketball, dance lessons, scouts, church callings and activities, school functions, and the constant chaos, can sometimes take over my life and leave me a bit overwhelmed...okay, a lot overwhelmed. I have so much "stuff" to do, that I don't feel like I'm doing any of it well. I'm in survival mode and sometimes,  that is the best I can do.

For the past few years I have consciously recognized that certain months, are harder than others, the month of May being one of them. I begin to feel like a failure. I have less patience for my family and I know they sense my agitation and feel my frustratio. But no matter how down I begin to feel those tender mercies I have spoken about in past posts, seem to rear their sweet heads every day and I somehow make it through.  

Just this past week Max sensed my stress and pulled me into a room to teach me his "Yoga, breathing techniques". This required me to sit across from him, Indian style while he lovingly showed me how to put my hands together anf breath in and out. 

Chance, decided his room was a "pretty messy" so he needed to "tidy up a bit" and he cleaned the whole thing without being asked. Mattie has such a happy and joyful demeanor and she tells me stories daily of funny things that happened at school. Cache gives me tight hugs and says "you're the best mom ever" at least 20 times a day and Macie's sweet little spirit lights up a room everytime she walks in.

I also have crazy, amazing friends who I talk to daily, who lift my spirits and encourage me to keep going. They also remind me that I CAN do this and I'm not alone. I love those girls so much!

So basically the moral of this story is: It's okay to fail! It's okay to have a messy house and have to eat our a few times a week because other wise you'd starve. It's okay to drop what you are doing and run to the school to drop off P.E cloths or sign a permission slip that was due yesterday. It's okay to feel overwhelmed and tired. It's okay to say NO and it's okay if you're not perfect!!! Just keep going because you've got this. 

Find things to be grateful for. Look for the small blessings and miracles in life because they are there. God sends people to lift us up when we need th the most and in my case, my greatest blessings are my own children who bring so much light and joy into life, every day. 

Keep going, always believe in yourself and above all else, remember that God is one prayer away. You are never alone.