Soak it all up...

Lately I have been trying harder to just enjoy Wesley. Sometimes I get so caught up in organizing this, cleaning that, straightening this so maybe it will be a little more functional, but in a month, or five years, or twenty years when Wesley is coming home from a mission, that won't really matter.  What matters in enjoying this journey where I am at right now with Wesley. Whether we play cars for hours or trains, whether we watch a movie every afternoon even if it is the same one everyday, we are spending time together being happy and doing what we love. I get sad thinking about Wesley trucking off to school or sleepovers at friends house, I am a little attached i want him right here with me always, but that isn't going to happen so I need to live in the moment while I can.

I am always trying to find something to make things easier, help things run more smoothly, or mostly a schedule of sorts or a routine to settle into with Wesley.  I wanted a schedule where we do the exact same thing everyday at the same time,  And that just doesn't happen with kids.

Then yesterday I read this article

 http://www.modernparentsmessykids.com/2012/03/poyel-examining-our-daily-routines.html


How true it was. 

Peace isn’t a place with no stress, but a place where you take the stress as it comes, in stride, and don’t let it rule you. You let it flow through you, and then smile, and breathe, and give your child a hug.

I love that quote. I think so often as parents we can get caught up in  to necessarily the wrong things, but things that aren't quite as important. Good, better, best! I need to always strive to do whats best.