Clarity

Ever have one of those moments when you are overwhelmed with gratitude that life turned out the way it did? When you keep thanking God that things went the way they did even though at points in your life you felt like your prayers were being ignored? I had one of those moments tonight. I looked around at my small, cluttered house.... Evidence of a long day strewn everywhere...pacifiers, laundry, dishes, books, laptops, magazines, bottles. My baby (the day long nap strike has ended) is sleeping peacefully. My husband is in the middle of his fantasy football draft. Dinner is cooking in the oven. And I am content. Utterly content. More than content. Blessed. Cup-runneth-over-blessed. I love my life - every stinkin' moment of it. And I pray daily that I don't take what I have for granted.

So what if my baby spent a little extra time on her Einstein mat today. If we didn't get a walk in. If I let her cry a little bit longer than usual while I was finishing my yoga (relax it was 8 1/2 minutes). If we didn't read 2 books before bedtime.

I am blessed. Blessed beyond measure.

And this my blog friends is a scene from cooking dinner tonight. I cross my heart that this was the song playing on itunes when I filmed this. I couldn't make this stuff up.

My sweet little girl, rocking in her bumbo. On the kitchen floor.