I am... Mom.

The other day, I was browsing through Pinterest and found this picture…

And it was one of those days where being a mom wasn't very fun at all. There was attitude coming straight from Drew and I was just fed up and tired. But he is such a good kid. I really can’t complain at all. And, I so often worry that I am absolutely screwing things up every day. 

I realized while looking at some of the “mom” stuff I was finding just how easy the “comparison bug” can snowball, especially with us moms.  I thought it was bad before I became a mom… but wow. How quickly things changed. There are so many amazing moms in my life – from my own mom and grandmother, to the friends that I watch raising their children, sometimes from a distance, to the moms that have already raised their children – and I have to constantly watch to be sure I don’t fall into the “I’ll never be good enough” pit. It really has a way of sneaking up sometimes. 

I mess up so much sometimes.  And this…

Scares me often. Because I am not what I want Drew to be. I want him to be so much more.  But, then I was reminded of this…

And it is what I need to focus on daily. Moment by moment. And I can be confident that my Lord will give me the strength and the knowledge and wisdom needed to help raise this wonderful little boy that He has blessed me with!

Thanks for reading.