Monday, January 24, 2011

For My Sisters

It has been a rough few weeks around here (a crazy work schedule, teething, sleepless nights, gassy poopless days (I think I'll save that for another post!), and I just as I began to feel really, reallyREALLY frazzled, stressed and cranky I came across this quote:

"As a mother, there is always more. Anytime you think you have reached that point of exhaustion or giving up, you don't. Because there is always more. If you think there isn't more, you find a way to make more."

When I read the first sentence, my heart sank and I thought more meant there was always more to do. More diapers to change, more laundry to clean, more more more, work work work.  Through tears of frustration and exhaustion I kept reading and saw the true meaning. Even though I feel like my "more" is all used up, deep down inside somehow, some way I will always be able to find more. More strength, more energy, and more hope. And then, I immediately thought of my sister.  She is selflessly working her ass off so her husband can complete a 2 year (unpaid) internship, raising the cutest kid you have ever seen, and somehow finding time to write an amazing blog to help the rest of us be better people. So here is to my sister, other amazing mothers, soon to be mothers, and those hoping, wishing and believing they will soon become mothers: here's to your strength, your dedication and your MORE!  I love you all!

5 comments:

  1. Oh lord girl, you would make me tear up if my heart wasn't made of stone (thanks again for that comment when I was 17).

    You're right in that we moms seem to be bottomless pits of more. Thankfully I think the only way we can all come out on the other end is by leaning on each other. And wine, and/or Unisom.

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  2. This is dad testing to see if I can make comments on your blog.

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  3. ^turns out he can. Thanks to his awesome youngest daughter showing him how. Hey dad, the computer is not "broken".

    coughusererrorcough

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  4. Yes I can now that the glitch is out of this conserned box with wires

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  5. Also, It is damn lucky you two have not only your mom's looks, but also her toughness Love,
    Dad

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