It’s that time of the year again. It doesn’t matter if your kids attend a traditional school or are home-educated. If you work full time or a stay at home mom, you are exhausted and in survival mode. It’s no surprise to us because it happens every year at this time. We are done and ready for summer. But we still have a few more weeks to go. We are counting the days.
I know the struggles, I’m with you. Between trying to finish the school year while planning next year and everything in between and getting a daughter ready for college, my brain is about to blow a fuse. I don’t think. It already has. (Side note, if you homeschool and one of your kids are planning on playing a college sport, just warning you, get ready because the NCAA requires a
I was having a conversation with a grown adult the other day and I promise you my words were all jumbled and I sounded like I was speaking another language. A language that is foreign to every human being on the face of this earth! I felt so bad for the person. It was as if I was having an out of body experience too. I could see and hear myself thinking to myself what in the world are you saying. I wasn’t even making sense to myself. All I could do was apologize and explain that I’m pretty sure I had lost my mind and need
Are you at that point yet if your husband or kids ask you one more question, they may get a glimpse of the ugly side of mom, if they already haven’t? It’s ok. We’ve all been there and anyone who tells you differently is either lying or in denial. Ask my kids, I yelled at all of them after dinner the other night. They all looked at me with those eyes like what happened to mom where did she go. But we all recovered. So, here is just a little encouragement to help you close some of those tabs in your head in order to give us the strength to get to that finish line even if we have to crawl to get there.
- Take at least 15 minutes to refocus mind, body, and spirit by breathing, meditating and prayer.
2. Remind yourself, you are living the dream. This is part of it. When we change our perspective then it changes the way we see and experience these moments. It will give you the motivation and mindset to keep leading your family.
3. It’s ok to say no. You are enough. You are doing better than you realize. Btw, If someone else wants to be super mom, let them. You are only responsible for you and your kids. Stop comparing and stay in your lane.
4. Some things just don’t need to get done right now. Write a list and do what is most important which means if the house is a mess and the kids have to eat cereal and peanut butter sandwiches for dinner tonight because you can’t get to the grocery store until tomorrow, they will survive. It’s happened many times in our house.
5. We are in the final weeks. Hang in there. When your kids come down the stairs and look like they grew a few inches overnight and their shirts seemed to have shrunk or their pants are beginning to look more like capris, save yourself a trip to the mall, just remind them that crop tops and floods are back in style. Again, they will be ok. Summer is almost here.
Much Love,
Kim Watt
“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.” Philippians 4:6-7 MSG
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