Rolling with It

Life, in general has a tendency to throw curve balls but motherhood definitely keeps me on my toes.  As I type this my son is "healing" on the couch after a nasty bout of the stomach flu, a flu that has left me homebound whether I like it or not. I'm "rolling with it", I feel terrible that he feels terrible. Don't get me wrong, I didn't  have a smile plastered on my face when I had to scrape his throw up off the toilet seat LID at 11:00 last night, but I've accepted the fact that  this is what's going on right now. As mothers we are constantly having to step up to the plate and do what has to get done, no matter what and it's not always an easy thing to do. I feel like it's my duty to defend, protect, teach and nurture my kids every moment of every day,and that's what I do (as best as I can). I'm not some kind of "zen mama" that has total serenity and an endless stream of patience, I'm human and a somewhat tired one at that. I lose my cool and feel at the end of my rope especially when I'm being put to the test with sick kids or a stack of bills and not enough money to pay them. This is real life! Problems, troubles and challenges blow in like a storm but the good thing is that the skies eventually clear and the sun comes out. Being a mom  is not for the faint of heart , you have to be strong to be good at it. Let's face it, we're not all strong all of the time so when I'm feeling weak or just over it all I try to take a breath, make it better and move on. There's no book out there called "Here's How to Deal with Everything Your Kids and Your Life Throw at You When You're Feeling Tired, Stressed and a Little Fat" so.... we have to walk blindly through this mom thing and do our best and listen to our gut. If you're worried about if you're doing a good job, you probably are or you wouldn't be worrying about it!