It was a stressful day. I was telling my husband about it. It began with taking my oldest for her root canal appointment. Yes, we went with the root canal. I’ll tell you more about that another day, but it did go well. My two boys have been running a fever so that just adds to the normal chaos. They need me more than usual. Especially Bobby, my youngest, has been very unhappy as he battles this sickness. It’s just all wearing though if you’re a mom, you’ve been there many times.
During the kids’ quiet time when I can usually relax and recoup a little sanity, I had a Twitter party. I am so excited to be cohosting Twitter parties. This one was quite a bit different from the norm and though it was a lot of fun, it was super stressful. When the party was over, it was time to get the kids and everything began all over again.
As I finished telling my husband about my day with all the drama, impersonations, and demonstrations, I finished with, “Oh and I was a horrible mother and yelled at the kids all day!” I looked over at the children who were listening with rapt attention and said, “I’m so sorry Mom has been yelling and impatient today.”
“Oh it’s okay Mom. This wasn’t your worst day!” replied my daughter. I’m sure it wasn’t. Ha ha!
Yes, please don’t anyone think that I set myself up as the mom to emulate! I do not have it all together. I do TRY to look like I have it all together…Wait that didn’t come out right. What I mean is, I do work at being the mother God created me to be, though I fall short every day, and I apologize a lot!
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Kids say the most poignant things sometimes. Hopefully things will get better. After all, a root canal doesn’t happen every day…
Root canal and two sick children and Twitter party–they don’t happen every day and especially not all at once. Glad you make it through and can still laugh! We always remember your favorite verse as you were growing up, “A merry heart makes a good medicine.”
Love this! We all need to remember that even on the days when we’re not our best…we are likely not our worst either. I’m so sorry you had a bad day and hope today is much better.
We all fall short of the expectations we put on ourselves. Thank you for that reminder! Yesterday was my oldest’s 6th birthday and I was just feeling like the world’s worst mom… Just a lot of little things. But every day is a new day!
I’m glad the root canal went well! I had one a couple years ago and it wasn’t nearly as bad as it’s made out to be.