Asalaaam ualaikum. Last night, I had a revelation. My children, eek, are all light sleepers! So, some disturbance had woken my youngest, Daniel, who is 1.5 years old masha'Allah. Actually, as I went in to tuck him in, I needed to change him anyway. So, he was half in and half out of sleep, all warm and snugly, and as I had just made wudu for my night prayers, (Isha, etc). So I changed him, and cuddled with him, and just accepted it. Yes, I had my own agenda, my own list of to-dos to be finished, never ending it seems as a mother to 4 and a wife to 1.
I just sat there, and cuddled him and accepted what was. He was all so warm and cuddly and smelled so good, masha'Allah. I thought of how many times, I have put in a movie or sat down with the kids, to open the laptop. Then, when they came to me, either 1)I had them sit beside me, or 2) when that wasn't good enough and they wanted to sit on my lap, sans computer, I got irritated with them. Well, hello, that was my job!?! Who am I to say or be irritated? They are the ones that need me, and only I can fill or not fill my place, my role in their life.
So, what was my revelation? Idk, exactly, other than its easier to just accept what is, instead of what I want, than I realize.
Monday, November 23, 2009
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