3 Day Weekend?

Today is Monday, Martin Luther King Day.  My office of employment is closed, so I am enjoying a quiet day at home with my 2 kids while my husband is at work.  We slept in, ate fruit salad for breakfast; I worked on some things in the house, and the girls made a fort with all of my couch cushions, part of my kitchen table and multiple blankets.   I've baked a breakfast snack for the week, helped the girls make chocolate pudding, done laundry, etc.  It's been fabulous day.

While I was scrolling IG during lunch, I saw this video of a working Mom complain about the 3 day weekend.  She said that it was so much work.  The kids were out of their routine, and the weekend was just so hard. She does not like 3 day weekends. She mentioned that her opinion was not a popular one.

I watched the video, and my heart broke for her.  Not out of pity but realizing that a part of her was not enjoying motherhood.  She was in the hard.  Dealing with the difficulties and struggling to embrace the good.

I am not judging her.  Truly, I am not.  While I appreciate the brutal honesty, I can't help but ponder how perspective is everything.

Let's be honest - today has been lovely but it's more work to be home with my kids than at my normal job.  I've run the dishwasher twice - normally it's just one.  But I look at my messy house, and I feel a sense of gratefulness.  

I am grateful that my office is closed.

I am grateful that my girls play so well together.

I am grateful that I got some chores done around the house.

I am grateful for a day where I didn't go anywhere.

I am grateful for the time with my family.

As a working mom, I don't get a lot of 'free' weekdays with my kids.  This time together is special and wonderful.  My perspective is positive.

I've wanted to be a mom my entire life.   While I miss aspects of my life before kids, nothing compares to the gift that I have now.

I hope and pray that the Mother (in the video) finds joy in the journey.  As for me, I'm going to choose to embrace the hard, the good, and everything in between.   

To quote Ecclesiastes 3:1: There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.

This season in motherhood is a wave.  It will pass and another way will come.  For now, just enjoy the wave, pray and do your best.  And most of all rely on the Savior that knows all.