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7 -Parenting Woes
Aethestic – It Was A Good Day Ice Cube
Mood – Grateful
I thought I was going to be able to take a nap today. I actually planned it out very strategically. That all changed when my oldest son and daughter walked through my door around 11am bloody and bruised.
I was mortified as I cleaned up my daughter’s busted lip, I listened to the story of how they fell into a hole off of an electric scooter. They were riding together with no helmets or safety gear. All I could do was Thank God things weren’t worse and make it clear – No more electric street scooters. They aren’t meant for two people anyway and you’re supposed to use a helmet. My son had a bruised elbow and braised hand. My daughter fell on her face and arm. She had a bruised swollen bleeding mouth, a wiggly bleeding tooth, a few scraps under her nose, a bruised shoulder and abrasion by her elbow. I will be taking her to get an x-ray done hopefully next week. I doubt any bones were fractured or broken. Thankfully her mobility is well. No visible signs of swelling or bruising anywhere else. She didn’t lose consciousness she fell. With all of this I felt comfortable just seeing a dentist and not heading to the hospital.
I cleaned the bruises up and added some Neosporin. I then made a dentist appointment for 12:30 and prepared to go. Luckily the dentist seen no damage and just prescribed her to soft foods in little bits for two weeks so her wiggly tooth would tighten and heal properly.
We made it home and I still had a speech appointment and OT appointments to get both of my little children to. My husband was working a double so washing, feeding, clothing, driving, and being the emotional support fell on me. Thankfully, my patience has been tested before so anger or worry wasn’t my portion. All I can do was bask in gratitude that everyone as ok and serve them from that gratitude to the best of my ability. The gratitude gave me peace and strength. This set the atmosphere for the healing.
As my perspective shifts by woes are expressed coupled with gratitude . I truly understand that most things are temporary and things could always be so much worse. I hate the emergency room and I could’ve easily spent my day there in a completely different situation. Gods grace changed that outcome.
The load may be heavy but you’re built different if you’re carrying it. The weight may not change but the load in my mind becomes so much lighter as my perspective shifts. Then things flow easier and they don’t even weigh heavy on me any longer. This is the manifestation of patience being your virtue because it fortifies your strength.
I don’t know how you got into your journey, but i believe that you’re built for this. Even when you don’t feel like it.
In whatever it is that you are feeling, you are not alone.