Parenting with a sense of humor is a lot easier said than done! We all have seasons in life where we  just wanted to escape? Maybe you are there now.

here are a few tips to help you survive those  seasons of grief, uncertainty, frustration, loneliness and exhaustion…. whether you are waiting for the kids to grow up or wishing that they had not.

Here is my “life hack” for those times that we just can not wait to get out of.

are you ready? this is really important and complicated….

embrace the life you have, attack it, do your very best at it and become your best self while you are IN it.

Because this season will pass

but the choices we make in this seasons will last a life time.

I LOVE being a mom, it is my favorite thing in my life.

I adore my kiddos.

BUT I HATED TODDLERHOOD

when my kids were at that stage between learning to walk and 4 I wanted to run away. I HATED everything about it…I called it the boring busy stage.

do not feel too sorry for her, she wanted yet another cookie and we said no.

These were the hardest 10 years of my life…and probably the most productive……But let me tell you

I DID NOT ENJOY IT.

And that is OK.

sure she looks cute…but that laundry basket had been full of FOLDED CLEAN CLOTHES….

seconds later he threw the ball at the photographer

We do not have to enjoy something to choose to do it well!

I was 23 when I started this stage and I was a prideful, impatient, controlling young woman. I  begged HIM to help me get through every long, hard day!  I fell on my knees in total dependence oh HIM because I knew only HE could equip me to raise my children well despite my sinful nature. I am so very thankful that HE met me right where I was and graciously began to fill me with HIS spirit and the fruit that comes with it. As I BEGGED HIM to help me to raise children who loved HIM and others well HE changed me into the mom they needed.

I wonder if when Moses was wandering through the desert with the Israelites if he felt anything like I felt when I was raising toddlers. I have a feeling that like me, he knew he could not do what was being asked of him, but that GOD living in him could.

Moses chose to OBEY GOD even when it was hard.

He chose to trust when he did not understand.

WE live in a culture that worships comfort and happiness. We try to escape uncomfortable as quickly as possible. BUT what if uncomfortable is the soil that is needed for the fruits of HIS spirit to grow….

what if Love, joy, peace, faithfulness, kindness, goodness, gentleness, patience and self-control grow best in the soil of uncomfortable.

what if our life is more about becoming a vessel that HE can use than it is about us being happy and comfortable?