When I was little, my mom would always try to distract my pitty parties with the loudest, most obnoxious versions of this humbling song.
When upon life's billows, you are tempest-tossed,
When you are discouraged thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings; name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
Count your blessings, name them one by one.
Count your blessings, see what God hath done.
JJ was saying his morning prayers, and I quote:
"Dear Heavenly Father, Please bless my mommy to find her mind. And please bless her not to lose it anymore!"
My knee-jerk reaction was something like, "hey! what the heck? I haven't yelled at you once today!" (mind you, it was 8am). Then visions of the night before and me running from Gibby while begging Grace and JJ to "please get along" and actually shutting the door to pee (how dare I) while saying to myself "I'm losing my mind" were clear and vivid. Maybe I have lost it because I really thought I was talking to myself!
My sweet mother in law saw the whole thing a little differently. She told me how grateful I should be that I have been teaching him how to talk to his Heavenly Father about things that matter to him.
I think I need to bump it to some church hymns..
Thursday, October 29, 2009
It's time to count some blessings!
Posted by Callie at 7:04 PM
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6 comments:
i love ya callie! i miss our summer days too and seeing you more often :) the holidays are upon us though and that always makes for awesome family time!
I think I need to start singing church hymns to myself...I've been psycho mom to my kids lately:) I think church hymns are the best to get us through just about anything:) JJ's prayer was so cute:) I'm sad I didn't get to go out with all of you! We need to all get together again soon!
You have good kids, undoubtedly because they have good parents.
The last time I was in Henderson I was sitting next to Tommy in church. He turned to me and said, "Grandpa, you're getting old." 30 seconds later he turned to me and said, "Grandpa, you ARE old!" I love being around young children.
You crack me up. I miss you so much! You're a fantastic momma--don't change a thing!!!
I hear you on this one, Callie. I feel like I am losing my marbles and ruining my kids at the same time. Jaren was arguing with me yesterday about the impact I am making on the environment by driving an SUV, and it was just what I needed to push me over the edge and tell him, "shut your mouth!" Yeah, I felt kinda abusive...at least you go into the bathroom to whine & cry!
Oh Callie... I just love your blog!! You are a great blogger!! I'm puttin' you on my blog list!
Check mine out
http://perniciarofamily.blogspot.com
~Edie
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