so some of you may know my husband took off for a far-away conference, only yesterday. i'm holding down the fort...with 2 boys! let me say, it has not been hard so far. i didn't get much sleep last night but it was a saturday morning which means a slow start, then my sweet friend picked up aaron for a day at her house. with one boy taken care of i thought i'd attempt a little grocery shopping...yikes!!
seth fed, nappy changed, grocery list made, seth buckled into his car seat, nappy bag fully loaded...left the house.
phew!! we made it to the grocery store. parked too close to car next to us so couldn't get the car seat out of the back door...improvise...pulled it out of the driver's door. still on track, we can do this!
found a trolly right away so i wasn't lugging that GIANT car seat through the garage into the store. seth starts crying half way through the shop, pulled him out of the seat, carried him through the shop while pushing the trolly. not a prob.
finally he's back asleep...checked out, got groceries to the car. the car that was parked too close is gone, hooray! groceries and everything else packed into the car...uh oh! i realize i did not lock the gear shift! uh oh! i also left the back window cracked open and worse of all, i left the front door unlocked!! i do a quick check, PRAISE THE LORD, nothing seems missing and best of all no one stole the car. ;)
pulling out of garage, passing the boom, oh no!! i didn't buckle seth into his seat! pull over, get out, buckle seth.
i did make it home but i tell this story in great detail to help paint a picture. being a mom is a physical challenge. its a mental challenge. i have so much respect for all the mom's out there doing this every day! maybe you don't remember but when we first moved to sa i did a note on the 15 steps it takes to get out of our car. i feel like i'm back in that place! my first time to the shop on my own with seth and i nearly get our car stolen and unsafely drive with an unbuckled infant! (as a side: i did get all the things on my list. so not all bad! :))
all that being said though, i can praise the Lord for so many things...i'm not doing this on my own. not only do i have a wonderful husband (props to single moms!) i also have the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, the ultimate Friend and Father helping me. not only am i sure that He kept my car and child safe, i know that His ways are better than my ways...no matter what happens. i'm so glad i can rest in that. i can rest in the fact that He is strength in my weakness. i can rest in the fact that He makes me a better mom. praise the Lord!
[reposted from Diana's facebook page - original date: 03 August, 2013]
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