When I hear the word, it sounds negative. Boring. Everyday-ish. Just…
But I don’t think it has to be.
Didn’t God make the ordinary, too?
Doesn’t He love it? And won’t it seem better in 20 years? Now, I’m so in the middle of today. It wears me out. ?I don’t want to change another diaper. I want to sleep. I want to go to the bathroom. By. My. Self. Is today special? No, not really. Unless you can count the fact that today I got even more spit over me a special event.
I will miss all of this. Just not now. Because I have it. Because I also have the hard parts.
Now, it feels ordinary. In 20 years, it will seem so special and dear.
And I want to find the ordinary wonderful. I want to thank God for these special days of smiles and diapers and messes and crying raising little beings.
I want to love the ordinaryness of it all.
Enjoy it to the fullest even when I feel like screaming louder then the 4-month-old.
Make memories.
Build relationships with these little men that will so soon be big men. Make their childhood ordinary, in all the small memories and loves, one we can all look back to and have fond ‘do-you-remember’ sessions.
About our oh so special ordinary days. ?Because someday, these days will end. And we will have other ordinary days. That seem special now.
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YES- I want to embrace the ordinary with you! Thank you for the sweet reminder to really live in the moments that God has for us. I want to find the ordinary wonderful as well. Beautiful post!
My boys are 14 and 11 now, and I look back at those early days and smile. At the time, you can’t always appreciate them because you are in the midst of them, but they are such special time. Take lots of pictures and write stuff down – you WILL forget! Thanks for sharing this reminder about the beauty of the ordinary.