It's Official

So yes. It is official. I am the world's worst blogger. (I would love to know what some of you first thought when you read "it's official", BTW.) Anyway, back to the reason for this post. . .

I have been so busy enjoying my family, my home, and the beginnings of fall, I have been trying to stay as far away from my computer as possible except for recipe searching and doing my dreaded transcription. The other night, however, I did come across a granola chic's blog (not sure how I got there). Anyway, I lost the link or I'd give her credit for her inspiring words. Here's what she wrote:

“…I’ve come to appreciate the importance of the many thousands of routine moments in a mother’s life, for it is in these moments that real greatness tends to be taught and caught…It’s the way I respond to my children in everyday moments that gives me the best chance of winning their hearts. If I have integrity and patience in the small moments of life that are so important to my children, and if I approach them with a servant’s heart, then I have a far better chance of influencing them in the larger and more critical issues of life.”

I loved this. It is so true that we can become so caught up in the day to day busyness of just being moms that we forget to stop and appreciate the "routine moments". I LOVE being a mom and I LOVE doing things with and FOR my kids. I think it is so important to appreciate and adore everything about the precious gifts that God has given us. We have the power to make or break them and the way we respond to them now is slowly molding them into the adults they will eventually become. I pray that we (Danny and I) are doing the right things and responding the right way and not taking anything for granted during this brief time that they are tiny.