I just booked our Christmas plans with my extended family. It's freaking September and I'm planning one of our Christmas celebrations. (We have multiple families so we have to coordinate.)
In my head, I'm thinking about Halloween costumes, starting to mentally plan Thanksgiving and now I'm arranging Christmas plans. When people ask me if I'm excited about Fall, I lie. Of course I love Fall. Everything about the season is just perfect! But inside, a part of me is dreading it.
But with Fall comes the mental checklist of fulfilling the Fall bucket list of activities (IE going to visit an Apple Orchard, visit a pumpkin patch, arrange to have the perfect Halloween costume, etc). With Fall comes the planning of Thanksgiving followed by preparing for a Christmas magic. My already full to do list gets even better. But, I'm the Mom. This is my job. My responsibility to ensure that my children have a beautiful memories of every season. Fall is special. It's my job to make that happen.
Before you question whether I have a spouse to help me or not, yes I do. But planning activities is not his strength. And, that's okay. We are a team. He is supportive of my plans.
This is working motherhood. Spending most of your day at your job to come home and work even harder at being a good Mom, planning, making decisions, playing with your children and doing everything you can to ensure that both worlds are okay.
It's a lot. But, this season, is just a wave. It will here for a moment. The wave will pass. Another one will come. And, I just need to breathe, pray, give it to God and do my best. Because the reality is that without HIS strength, I can't do this.
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