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Friday, April 12, 2013

Five Minute Friday- HERE

Linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker today on her "Five Minute Friday" prompt. Every Friday, she posts one word to write about for 5 minutes straight. You write without editing or thinking... just write what is on your heart or mind when you hear the word of the day. For more details or to link up, click HERE!

Today's Word of the Day is: Here ...

HERE I go...

From here where I sit, I can see my living room and part of my bedroom. From here on the love-seat, I can know MOST of what my kids are doing MOST of the time. From HERE on the love-seat, I can see the messiness that my kids have brought to my home! I remember when I was single, living with Renee, that we always kept our apartment clean. Now that I have kiddos, my house is rarely clean. Here, next to me, on the bookshelf and all over the floor are TONs of books. There are DVDs everywhere! There are blankets and stuffed animals. Over here in this corner is B's dirty pjs from last night because she doesn't know how to put them in the hamper!!

Here is where I sit- not knowing what to do or where to start to make my house more clean. I am HERE overwhelmed by the clutter, the toys, the mess. Here. I am here.

I would love to be there... you know...THERE... Somewhere that I don't have to see the toys and animals and clutter. I would love to be in someone else's "here" right now, but I wonder how many other "heres" are just like mine?

So, here I sit. Day in and day out. Yep, I realize this sounds a little down, but honestly, right HERE is right where I need to be, I wouldn't have it any other way. I love my "here" even in all the mess! Right here....

Darn timer... guess I'm done!

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Melissa WallaceApril 12, 2013 at 11:19 AM
I am right there with you. I get overwhelmed by my here at times but it is right where I am supposed to be. :-) Blessing to you!
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Lisa WhiteApril 12, 2013 at 11:20 AM
I too am constantly surrounded by the messiness of my kids. I often find myself getting upset and overwhelmed by the mess, but then I realize it really doesn't matter. What matters is that I have two loving children who are happy and healthy. The mess can always wait...it's here where I truly want to be. Great post!
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Still Standing ...April 13, 2013 at 8:57 AM
Love!
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DeniseApril 13, 2013 at 2:52 PM
Amazing.
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Mommy GirlApril 15, 2013 at 5:39 PM
what a fun post idea!!
We all live in the messy houses of children! I guess when I visit my parents, in their clean house, I know that one day when the "mess" moves out it will be clean, but quiet and perhaps lonely. So for now, I'm enjoying the mess and noise and little friends I live with!!
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You know you're a mom if...

...if kids songs are the ones stuck in your head (from Renee)
...if you realize your kids are 3 years old and it is time to start carrying a normal purse and no longer the diaper bag as your purse (from Renee)
...if you find kid's food in your purse or toys (from Renee)
...if you know every episode of spongebob!! (from Michelle)
...if your kids are bathed, fed, and dressed while you are famished and unbathed in your PJ's...And then at that point you have to say screw it, because you cant leave them unattended in the house long enough to take a quick shower, so you pray tomorrow is a better day! (from Jackie & Jennifer)
...if you walk through the halls of your local kindergarten and all the kids start saluting you because they have been informed you are the President of Oklahoma (yes thats right, Oklahoma, not the United States) (from Jennifer)
...if you go to work and have a coworker tell you you have something on your shirt and you look at it only to find that one of your children has used your shirt as a kleenex (from Rachael)
...if you can hug and kiss a child whose breath smells worse than a dragon's after he/she has been throwing up for most of the day and night. And, not throw up yourself in the process (from Marla)
...if the school principal calls you because your child brought your bra to their kindergarten class for show and tell (from Jennifer)
...if your extended relatives know which parts of your body have hair and which ones dont because it was your childs topic of choice at a Christmas (from Jennifer)
...if you don't mind if your kids drink out of your glass and you will still drink from it too (from Marcia)
...if your living room looks more like a play area for kids than a nice place to entertain guests (mine)
...if you have a funny story (funny now, but not at the time)...how your son passing gas during a diaper change managed to shoot a poo ball on your cheek! (from Sandi)
...if you see your parents in a whole new light! (from Katrina)
...if you carry a diaper bag as a purse (from Kelly)
...if you have items in your purse that would normally be found in a baby's room or diaper bag (from Wendy)
...if nasty bodily fluids don't bother you; OR if you have other children spit their gum into your hand when they're done! (from Candace)
...if your belly gradually got huge over 9 months. Then you suddenly had a bunch of pain followed by a human coming out of you! (from Elizabeth)
...if you start saying the phrase, "Because I said so!" and it may be to a coworker, not your children! (from Melanie)
...if you can change a dirty diaper and not get the dry heaves because it looks like pea soup & smells worse (from Diana)
...if you will eat something out of your child's mouth that they refuse to eat. (from Courtney)
...if you find Cheerios in the bottom of your purse, couch, vehicle... (from Sahar)
...if You're stopped in walmart by a nice lady who says.."Excuse me, miss....you have some cheerios stuck to your butt" (from Kym)
...if your printer mysteriously quits working a week after you buy it. You send it in for under warranty repairs and Lexmark sends it back with a note that has a Barbie shoe taped to it and all it says is we found the problem (from Amanda)
...if most of your shirts are stained on the shoulder (from droop & goop)
...if you keep a box of baby wipes in the car...just in case
...if you pull something out of your purse and a baby sock falls out
...if your dishwasher has no real cups...all sippy cups & bottles

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