Parenting Thought #6: Peace

Yesterday I forgot to write because our day started out a little nuts.  G has a super gross runny nose, Z vomitted all over me, and I forgot to make H a lunch for school.  Things were loud, a lot of crying, nose wiping, and mess making.  So today I am reminded during our church conference to have peace.  What a great reminder after a day like yesterday.  I remember my mom using the phrase peace and quiet.  As I look around my messy house with two napping children, I have the quiet but do I have the peace? Yes I do, but not because it's quiet.  I have peace as I look in the eyes of my children and know that I am doing my best.  Sure I could be doing some things way better and hopefully I can be working towards those things but sometimes I think we just need to have peace with what we are trying to do.  It won't always be perfect, or clean, or the way someone else might do it, but that's ok.  I think we can have peace even when the whole house is in chaos because we are teaching our children the right things, we are leading them in the right direction, and we are loving them the best and only way we know how.  Peace might not always have quiet, but it will calm our hearts just the same.  It will strengthen us, lead us, and help us though those bizarre moments when you wonder what in the world you are doing.