Being a stay at home mom, my job isn't a 9-5, my boss is a 5 month old who is in charge of my every move 24/7. Anything she asks for, I make sure she gets. And just like any job, it can be tuff! (This is why it has taken me over two weeks to write this!) I'm going to go ahead and pat myself of the back for just a second, I am very patient with Lila. I stay calm and don't let her whinning bother me, well 98 % of the time anyways. I know that her whines are her way of telling me that something is wrong and normally I can figure it out. It's those few times when she has been whiny ALL day, hasn't slept, or I can't find anything wrong when I just seem to loose my cool.
Kyle, Lila, and I went out to eat at our favorite local burger place. Lila was great the whole time we ate. Towards the end of dinner though, she got real fussy so I fed her and that seemed to helped. That is, until we got in the car. Now Lila doesn't like the car at night anyways, but this was different. She was not having it this time. She fussed/cried/screamed the whole way home (thankfully it was only 10 minutes). Nothing would calm her down, not my singing, her toys, the lights on, the lights off, not even a finger to chew on.
As soon as we got home I got her out of the car and in the house. I headed straight for the bathroom, poor girl needed a bath and I knew it would calm her down. I was still really flustered from dinner and the car ride and it was upsetting me. As soon as I put Lila in the tub of water, she very gently took my finger and just stared at me with a sweet gaze. At that moment, I felt God was telling me to just breathe and take a minute. Later on I found this verse and I feel it really describes how I felt in that moment...
Psalm 107:29-30
He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed. Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He guided them to their desired haven.
That whole experience just reminded me that sometimes we all need to just take a moment. Even if it's way after bed time and your little one would rather eat the remote than go to sleep...
