Just One Of Those Days

Years ago I was a young mother oblivious to the reality of motherhood. I remember walking through stores with my beautiful one year old girl and being appalled by what I saw. Mothers yelling at their innocent children, kids hair not done or wearing miss-matched socks, and threats of discipline made as an attempt to control their children. I would always quickly pass by and think "I will NEVER be like that with my children". Eight years and four kids later...I realize that motherhood is both wonderful and humbling!

Let's take today for example: I had a doctor's appointment this morning to make sure everything was healing properly from surgery. By the time I got back home, I was racing to get my son fed and off to school. Not long after, I received a phone call from the school. Apparently I had sent my son to school without any shoes on. Yep, you read that correctly...withOUT shoes. How I did not notice him with only socks on as he got onto the bus, I do not know. When I walked into the school, everyone in the office was laughing. His teacher put her arms around me and said "We have all had 'one of those days'". I tried to play along and pretend it had been "one of those days"...unfortunately, I have days like this way too often! My poor boy, I don't think he nor I will be forgetting his shoes ever again!