Everything I Need

Solo parenting five children for a week is a wonderful (albeit painful and exhausting) way for God to teach me. Chad's business trips don't happen that often, but I dread them. When he walks out the door my throat does this funny constricting thing, and breathing is really hard. This lasts for about three hours, during which I realize God has given me everything I need to accomplish what He wants me to do. And for this week, what He wants me to do seems like a lot. From middle of the night tea parties (for our chronic cougher) to changing every.single.dirty.diaper that happens, delivering boys to football to taking out the trash, to helping with every bit of homework....pretty much all of it depends on me. I am so thankful God takes pleasure in me doing all these mundane things. Because for one week, folks, that's pretty much all that's getting done around here. And really, who am I kidding? That's pretty much all that ever gets done around here.