1.Somehow I have more than twice the work…
2.I have not continued into Mummy-hood I have become
Mummy all over again from scratch because:
3.Baby number two is nothing like baby number one
4.I have ceased to care about dark circles under my eyes,
the amount of biscuits and tv consumed by baby (now toddler) number one or the
price of nappies
5.I consider 7am a lie in
6.I consider chocolate and a cup of tea by 8:30pm on a
Saturday an absolute rave
7.I am constantly amazed that someone so small can
create so much washing
8.I am constantly amazed that someone so perfectly
formed once lived inside me
9.I am constantly amazed at my functionality to sleep
deprivation ratio resulting in shopping done, tea cooked and toddler entertained
more often than not
but
10.I am shocked and dismayed
at how quick I am to lose my cool during the night
11.I am shocked by how much I
think about what people think of me as I discipline my toddler in public (whilst baby no2 is abandoned in car seat!)
12.I am shocked that there is
yet more undiscovered, previously un-dealt with selfishness lurking in my heart...
13.I am shocked that I do not
know it all and I am begrudgingly learning humility
14.I am overwhelmed by the commitment
it requires to bring little people into this world
15.I am overwhelmed by the
commitment required to teach them this world is not their real home and to help
them strive for their eternal one in all that they say and do
however
16.I am grateful that Jesus’
blood speaks a better word over my really bad days of failed routines, unmet
targets and occasional shouting matches with the toddler
17.I am grateful that Jesus
blood speaks a better word over days that are so good they could be
photographed and slapped across the front of Mother & Baby all glossy and boastful.
I am struggling to get to a nice rounded 20 without stretching previous
comments or racking my brain for more time than I have to spare so I’ll just
finish with:
18. I am in total
agreement with the following statement: "...to have a child-it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around the outside of your body" Elizabeth Stone
