A Thankyou to Myself and Maybe You Need This Too

 All too often in the world I am in the multitude of tasks I do each day is not only taken forgranted but looked down upon. I start to feel really worn and in my world asking for help is sometimes scorned. If it sounds hard or demeaning or sad ~ quite simply it is. How do I combat this ~ for combat it I must ~

I sometimes thank myself and point out to myself the importance of these tasks and how they all add so much value to my family and my household.

So here is my list from the last twenty four hours:

Thank you for getting up through the night with your five year old who was having a hard time

Thank you for nursing the baby through the night

Thank you for getting the children ready for church in the morning

Thank you for scrubbing out the shower again

Thank you for putting laundry through the washer and dryer multiple times

Thank you for cleaning you room 

Thank you for washing dishes

Thank you for ordering Christmas gifts and for wrapping Christmas gifts

Thank you for taking the little ones for a walk in the sunshine.

Thank you for making lunch and dinner

Thank you for reading books to your five year old

Thank you for changing many diapers

Thank you for going through the babies clothes and saying goodbye to the ones that are too small

Thank you for organizing the diaper bag

Thank you for filling up the cat's food and water 

Thank you for remembering Advent 

Thank you for enjoying the sunset

Thank you for sitting down to dinner

Thank you 

Maybe today you also did a lot of tasks no one really saw. Maybe you need to take a moment and thank yourself. It matters I think. You are precious and important and amazing and you matter!

xo