with their children.
They usually look tired, and distracted.
I want to reach out to them in some way, but I usually don't know
quite what to say.
So I will smile.
Or like I did with one frustrated Dad we saw at a restaurant
recently. It was obvious he was really trying but his 2 toddlers were
having none of it. I leaned over to him as we were walking out the
door and said, "You're a really good Dad."
But yesterday I learned of something I could have said that
sums it up better perhaps.
I got it from this article that was somehow sent to my in box
yesterday. Next time I will say: "It's worth it."
Or maybe I will even say, "It's all worth it."
Whenever I have my grandkids and their parents come for any
extended period of time I'm reminded how exhausting it is to be
parents of very young children.
There is nothing quite like that kind of tired.
And it's not like the parents can get a good night rest before going
through it all over again the next day.
No.
They parent round the clock,
no matter how they slept,
no matter how they feel.
Thank you Leo for taking this picture of Mommy and little sister.
When you grow a little taller maybe you could include their heads.
I also happened upon this yesterday by Jeffrey Holland. He was
talking specifically to parents:
”...You can’t possibly do this alone, but you do have help. The Master of Heaven and Earth
is there to bless you—He who resolutely goes after the lost sheep, sweeps thoroughly to
find the lost coin, waits everlastingly for the return of the prodigal son. Yours is the work of
salvation, and therefore you will be magnified, compensated, made more than you are and
better than you have ever been as you try to make honest effort, however feeble you may
sometimes feel that to be...”
is there to bless you—He who resolutely goes after the lost sheep, sweeps thoroughly to
find the lost coin, waits everlastingly for the return of the prodigal son. Yours is the work of
salvation, and therefore you will be magnified, compensated, made more than you are and
better than you have ever been as you try to make honest effort, however feeble you may
sometimes feel that to be...”