Celebration of the meaningful and the not so meaningful

Lolly and I chatted today about the ongoing task of keeping a home and family and how often what we do either goes unnoticed or gets undone within 24 hours. (eg, I meticulously tidy the loungeroom only to have Hurricane Hannah come through and destroy it again in 15 minutes flat)

From what I hear in my 2 short years of mothering, this is the ongoing battle for women: to find a sense of purpose in what sometimes feels like the mundane. Which is why I am all for blogging and friendship and encouraging one another and celebrating the every day like Helly and Beck do.

Motherhood is great, but it is hard too. Sometimes my high ambitions for the day don't get met, sometimes I stuff up and often at the end of the day I am left with little time for myself. But I realise there is something to celebrate every day, so here is my list of the meaningless and meaningful tasks on my somewhat average day today. Life is what you make it, and I am choosing to celebrate the fab parts of my not-so-fab day!

• Today I washed, hung and folded a load of washing. Wahoo!


• I made my bed and it looks FANTASTIC!


• I killed a huntsman spider all by myself for the first time. Yaaaayyy! I faced a fear and won!


• I changed, clothed, fed, disciplined and entertained a precious 2 year old all day. Its tiring, but its worth it and I am blessed to have her.


• I went on a job with Nathan and used the time to buy 3 Christmas/Birthday gifts... now thats efficiency!!


• I ate lots of Chocolate, guilt-free, because I had PMS so I deserved it! (hehehe well it felt like I deserved it in the moment...) See? PMS is good for something after all. Yipppeeeee!


• I was mean for no good reason, (except the above reason) but I knew it and I was sorry, I am a nice person.... Its so nice to be nice...


• I enjoyed the company of 3 of my favourite people all at once (My husband, my mum and my daughter) and it was COOL


• I abstained from tea, even though I wanted it, because I know I shouldn't have it. That's self discipline! Hip Hip!


• I had a silly, nonseniscal time with my little girl, pulling faces and having squealing contests and it was really nice to act like I was a kid again. Its beautiful to see my baby happy and laughing. That's definately worth celebrating.


• I stopped the car and ran up a breezy, grassy hill on the way home, for no other reason than it looked beautiful


• I made a gift for someone in my family and I know it will be really special to them. Its nice to be able to make people happy.


• I love my husband so much. I had a crazy grumpy, silly, chocolate-y day. I asked him, 'Am I a grump?' And he said, 'You're my grump.' And maybe its sad, but I thought that was one of the nicest compliments I have had in a long time.


• My final point worth cheering about is that hormones pass and I will probably be back to normal tomorrow. Whatever normal is.

But you know what, its ok to not have the greatest day, every day. I love the quote, 'Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day.'

So on that note, I am going to go and hit the hay, and I am sure tomorrow will be brighter, calmer and more productive, because God's mercy is new every morning.

So be encouraged, fellow yummy mummies and im-perfect women. You are loved and valuable just the way you are, in your productive days and your not so productive days, your PMS moments and your Fruit-of-the-Spirit moments and you and your life ARE worth celebrating, every day. Now that is good news!