I need some help!!!!
I've been asked to speak next week at Friday Forum (a class for college aged young adults), and my topic is....
"What Mother's Really Want"
So, first of all, why am I the expert on this topic? From an eternal-perspective-type-of standpoint, I'm really still in the infancy of my motherhood journey. What do I know what mothers REALLY want? All I really want right now is to be able to take a five minute un-interrupted shower. Certainly that is not the kind of thing my audience is going to appreciate. So, come on, help me out! Leave a comment...if you're a mother, tell me what you really want this year on Mothers Day. If you're not a mother, tell me what you think your mother would really want this year. Tell me everything...from the silly to the serious...I want all the details.
And if you don't leave a comment, consider it completely your fault when I completely bomb out next week and can only squeak through the experience by bribing my audience with free ice cream (which is probably what I'll end up doing anyway).Just trying to get the guilt thing going here....moms are good at that you know.
Thanks everyone....
P.S. YOUR comment is what I REALLY want this year....(sorry, going for the guilt thing again...just picture me, standing up in front of a bunch of people half my age, stuttering and stumbling my way through 30 minutes of pure agony)
Friday, April 16, 2010
Help Wanted
Posted by Brooke at 9:02 PM
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This is actually really difficult...Hmmm...
First and foremost, I want my children to grow up knowing and loving the Lord, putting Him first, believing in His word and bringing Him much glory.
2. I want a housekeeper, a laundry-doer, and personal chef so that I don't have to waste time doing mundane tasks. I want all of my time to be devoted to my kids.
3. Piggy-backing on that, I want more time in each day. More time to be spent devoted to each one of them individually.
4. I want my children to be selfless, generous, hard-working, honest, genuine, God-loving people.
5. I want time to slow down a bit. Or at least I need to learn to cherish it more because before we know it, our children will be grown and gone and they won't be my babies anymore (they will be, but they won't be). This makes me cry just thinking about it.
6. A little bit more energy and patience would be nice, too.
I was actually JUST thinking about this before I read your post (what I want this year not you speaking at Friday Forum ;)
I really want time to myself, although I have a 7 month old attached to my hip (and other places) 24/7. But really I think time is a big one. It will give me time to relax (as much as I can without worrying about the baby and what kind of "flip" combination her dad is coming up with as I relax). It will give me a moment to reginerate and focus on things I haven't focused on in a while.
I hope this helps.. you should just beat into the guys who come to help their future wives out!
I am very much on board with what Kacey has said. I am so lucky she is my sister! In addition to the things that Kacey has mentioned, for Mother's day what I would really like is...(these are in no particular order)
1. A date with my Husband. I want our girls to know that not only do mommy and daddy love them, but we also love eachother very very much. We honor one another in our marraige and we honor God in all we do. We honor God by keeping our family strong and having date nights is important in a marraige.
2. I want my girls to give eachother a hug and a kiss and say that they love eachother. It's important to a mother that her children know what love is, and that we treat eachother with love in our family. When I see them give eachother a kiss (without being told to) it makes me feel that I have been successful in teaching them.
3. A shower, a hair cut, a pedicure, a new outfit, and the ability to eat anthing and everything I crave with out consuming the calories. Oh, and a good nights sleep. And to be able to use the restroom with out a child sitting on my lap! :)
4. For my mother to be proud of the mother that I have now become. I want to honor her by being a good mother myself.
5. I want to not let what other's think and say about me discourage me in anyway. I get told all too often that having my children so close together is "crazy". And all too often I let these words make me feel bad inside. But I wouldn't change it for anything! I love our girls!
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Brooke,
I just want to say I am so excited to hear your talk and I know you will do a great job.
In answer to your question, I want confidence in my decisions to know that I am doing the best I can and not be so intimidated and self conscious.
I can't wait for friday!
Love all the comments and they are all so true. I personally would like to request the following:
1. A good nights sleep, one with no interruptions, to be able to walk out into the kitchen in the morning and not have it look like I feed an army of soldiers for breakfast.
2. Not to have to clean up any spills, food,or clothes off the floor.
3. Shopping by myself, no one to bribe to just behave for 5 more minutes.
4.For everyone to get along. NO arguing!
I could go on and on, but what I really want is for everything to be as it is just less stressful and to have more time with the family to do FUN things. It's becoming more of a reality that my kids are only here with us for a small part of their lives. It goes by so fast. Good Luck on your talk. You don't need it. You will do great. You're a great mom.
my post on the answer (ahem because i'm sooooo long winded) will be up tomorrow. sorry for my lengthy response but you made me think...that doesn't happen often.
You have had me thinking about this at length... what a loaded question! I whole-heartedly agree with all the wonderful comments that have been made previously. What I wouldn't give to have more time in the day (or the ability to go without sleep all together) to do all the things I NEED to do and maybe a few of the things I WANT to do. Sometimes I just feel as if I am being pulled in a thousand different directions at all times. Sister Beck's talk from conference was wonderfully inspiring to me. The following quote from that talk speaks directly to my (and I am sure many others) dilemma...
"A good woman knows that she does not have enough time, energy, or opportunity to take care of all of the people or do all of the worthy things her heart yearns to do. Life is not calm for most women, and each day seems to require the accomplishment of a million things, most of which are important. A good woman must constantly resist alluring and deceptive messages from many sources telling her that she is entitled to more time away from her responsibilities and that she deserves a life of greater ease and independence. But with personal revelation, she can prioritize correctly and navigate this life confidently."
I want to be able to do just that... prioritize CORRECTLY and navigate this life confidently... live up to MY divine potential and encourage, by example and teaching, my girls to live up to theirs (which encompasses so many of my hopes and dreams for them).
Sorry this is so long already... and there is still so much to say- I think Vanessa took the right approach to answering this question :) Good luck with your talk on Friday- I know you will do a beautiful job!
Brooke, whenever I want to read a fun blog, I read yours. I love it.
So...I never comment on these things but had to say that what I want is for someone else to change the diapers that day and to get one day to sleep in. Breakfast in bed would be nice, too. I would also love it if I could have the week off from my church calling. Thanks for making me think. Oh, for my gift, just a nice letter from each of the boys.
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