Reality Check

There are many days when I get frustrated with life.

Days when Myles is destroying the house faster than I can clean it, Adalyn is crying because she wants me to hold her and Raelyn is cutting up paper into tiny, tiny pieces that are scattered all over my floor and I look around my house and sigh..

I sigh at the dishes scattered all over the kitchen, the laundry that is spread from one side of the house to the other upstairs, the toys that lay amongst the floor that needs to be cleaned and I say to myself "Why does this house always look like it was hit by a tornado".

Days when I forget how blessed I really am.

I had a day like that yesterday. Nothing big, just normal everyday messes and life with four kids.....after dinner, Chris & I put the kids to bed and I sat down to browse the internet (while getting up every 3 minutes to put Myles back in bed...have I mentioned he can get out of his crib now?).

I have a bunch of blogs I keep up and one of the blogs I was reading last nigh had linked to this blog. And once again I was hit with a Reality Check. This family went in for a follow up appointment about a month ago for their baby's ear infection and were sent to the hospital where their 10 month old daughter, Cora was diagnoised with cancer. Today is Cora's funeral. I can't even begin to imagine the pain they must be going through. It's beyond my comprehension.

Today although my house is a mess and my kids are into everything, I am grateful. Grateful for every cry, scream, laugh, mess they make and clothes they get dirty that I get to clean. As I spend today praying for this family I have never met, I try to cherish every moment I have with my kids because so often I am hit with these reality checks that make me realize that life is so precious. If you have a moment, please say a prayer for the Mac family. I'm sure that they can use all the prayer they can get as they grieve loosing their precious baby girl.