The school year has been ticking away at a rapid pace. Clay is in full senior year mode. He is applying to universities and making future plans. Joshua is tackling his freshman year, currently trying out for JV basketball and doing very well. Denver is continuing the middle school journey, enjoyed an amazing trip to Sicily, and is doing a great job. They are all growing and maturing so fast. Clint and I are just marveling at how blessed we are. Blessed with three amazing boys who are developing into amazing young men….and so handsome (yes, I'm partial).
It is hard to believe that in just a few more months we will have a high school graduate! It was just yesterday that he started Pre-K, well at least it seems that way. Now we are planning majors and tracking GPA's. I express my concern to my hubby all the time that I worry that I haven't done enough as a mom for our boys, that I need to squeeze more and more love into them. Then one of them says magical words that mean so much to me and they don't even realize it. Let me explain… Clint has been in Texas for a week and still has one more week to be there before coming back to join us here in the Land of Sand. So it is like being back in the days where Clint was offshore, and it was all on me to take care of everything. It has been a little stressful juggling my schedule and the boys schedule. I was trying to help Clay fulfill a requirement for a student organization that he is part of, and it just wasn't working out for us. So I took a deep breath and let it out. Clay says "What's wrong mom?" I reply that
"I am just tired and a little stressed." He says "Why are you stressed mom?" So I explain to him how things just are more difficult when you are on your own to help everyone do what needs to be done. Here's where his words made such an impact, one that he wasn't even aware of. He said "Mom you are strong and independent. You don't need dad to do all these things. You have handled this stuff all our lives, and you will handle this too." He was right! It made this momma's heart so happy! It was confirmation and affirmation that my boys know how much we do for them. I realized that they recognize that I am strong and I believe they are proud of me. Although he didn't realize it, his words made me feel like some of the stress dissipated a little bit, and made me see that we must be doing something right!
So what do we do when we hit those stress walls? I still have lots of stress walls to climb but with my family in my corner I will JUST KEEP GOING!
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