Mummy makes the world go round!!

I woke up this morning and thought about how challenging and rewarding it is to be a mother.

As a mother of five children every day I get to experience the high highs and low lows of motherhood, sometimes I love it, other times not so much!

It was never one of my dreams to have a big family, actually my plan was not to have children I thought my life would be one which was carefree, however God had other plans for me and I'm so grateful he did.  Being a mother is not easy, it is not stress free and more often than not mistakes are made but it is by far one of the most inspiring jobs in the world!

Last week I got a call from Cassandra a good friend of mine who wanted to know how I did it!
'How I did what?' I thought. 
How do you manage to do all you do with so many children? 
Great question!!

If you are a mother reading this I want to hopefully encourage you with the same words I used to encourage Cass.  In a nutshell my answer was threefold...

1. By the grace of God

I could not do what I do without God's help.  Like I said I had no intention of being a mother of five so I had no perfect plan but God did.  He will never give us more than we can bear.  Motherhood can be so overwhelming at times, with school runs, packed lunches, lost shoes, can't find the book bags, homework, after school clubs, cooking dinner, getting them to eat the dinner, bath, reading books and bedtime....it's enough to drive even the most sane amoung us over the edge.  BUT GOD!!!

2. Don't be too hard on yourself

You won't always get it right.  By all means draw up an ideal daily schedule and stick to it as closely as you possibly can but don't be hard on yourself if you miss the mark.  Motherhood is not just about doing, which is where we spend most of our time and energy, its about BEING.  Are you being KIND, are you being LOVING, are you being CONSISTENT are you being PATIENT? 

We must spend as much  (if not more) time on BEING the best mother we can and cut yourself some slack if things don't always go as planned.  Also don't expect yourself to do things in the same way and at the same pace as you did before you had children and to add to that don't expect to move at the same pace after you've had the third, fourth and fifth child!! (that's if you have as many as I do :-))

3. You are doing a GREAT job!

So many mothers fail to hear these words but you are, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB!  If you were not the best person for that job you would not have been blessed with that child or those children.  We can always improve and I encourage you to embark upon or continue on the journey of self development both you and your children will benefit.  But along the way remember you are doing a great job. 

I told Cass that as long as we focus on the fundamentals, the things that are really important to us concerning raising amazing children, as long as we continually focus on doing our best, God will honour our efforts and He will do the rest.

It is you MUMMY who makes this world go round, so keep it moving!!

Until next time,

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Karen. xx