My day.

I am going to give you a quick run down of my day to get to the point, so bare with me here.

I woke up ecstatic that my hubs gave the three children cereal on his way out the door. On the other hand, I had to clean up three sloppy places on the table, milk and cheerios EVERYWHERE. Andrew was still starving of course, the kid is an endless pit, got him some more. ate a few bites of cereal myself. cleaned up again, headed upstairs to wake baby, gave baby a bath. came back down dressed three other kids ( I have long given up on appropriate attire. sure honey, dress shoes, sweatpants and a rain coat..perfect!). tidied up the box of diapers drew pulled out all over the floor, fed the baby, while rubbing drew head. Kids in coats and shoes, baby in carrier..check! peaked in bathroom mirror to see if i look remotely presentable..Holy cow.. drew had gotten into the toilet and there was pee pee water all OVER the bathroom..ugh!! spent 15 min cleannig and disinfecting..both the potty room and the children's hands. Ok, out the door we go. First stop grocery store for infant tylenol, as the baby was getting her first round of vaccines today. ended up buying chocolate, granola bars, oatmeal cookies..ect. back to the car to realize I had left the diaper bag at home..arged! Drove back home, ran up to the door to find it locked..back to the car kids crying and apparently covered in chocolate..don't ask. got into the house grabbed bag, it had no diapers..got diapers..off to the doctors. Called bon on my way to pray for me cuz I was a bit, umm.. shall we say.. losing "it"! Arrive to find andrew had no shoes and socks on and he had thrown them about the vehicle spent five to ten searching..lets face it i was seething a bit. Wiped faces and hands and we walked in holding hands. We entered the office to be greeted by this monster of a mother!! The minute she opened her mouth I thought I was either going to cry or strangle her to death! This is how it went...woman "oh my, they are all yours? why did you have them so close together? are you crazy? you must be out of your mind? Did you plan this? You must be nuts? do you have help? how old are they? me "blank stare" woman " you don't even have words do you? my mind was going a mile a minute.. of course the kids drive me crazy, but they are mine and love them!!! How dare she, how dare she!!!

All this to say, I asked God to bring me to a place of exhibiting the fruits of the spirit to all I encounter, that I would be filled with his love and mercy In all my interactions. WHAT WAS I THINKING?!