What is it?

What is that magic thing that makes it a good Mom day? Is it a certain number of fights or lack of them between siblings? Is that hard kid giving you a much needed break today? Is it a laundry room void of dirty clothes if even for 10 minutes? Is it that much needed shower that was taken or nap slipped in? That everyone actually ate their dinner with out complaint? It could be that you actually remembered all your appointments for that day, or returned all your emails. I don't know the secret. I just know that it is different for everyone. I think amid the messes of life a good Mom day is not measured by times you did or did not yell, or if anyone actually ingested a vegetable. I think if there were a correct answer it would be somewhere along the spectrum of how much you grew that day. How much your family grew. Tough times are meant to make us grow. Stinks, doesn't it? I have to consistently remind myself of that! If not it would be too easy to get depressed over how that one kid just never catches on and must just love consequences. What about that one that always hits, what about the one who seems to thrive on whining? It seems the challenges never end they are just a consistent string of learning opportunities. I guess the secret to deciding if it was a good Mom day is how you handled all that was thrown at you?
 As I sit here all my kids quietly sleeping, charging up their engines for another I day, I thought, " Today I had a good Mom day."  I am grateful!  I was good because my attitude was good. It was good because I stopped to think before reacting. It was good, not because the challenges disappeared or the kids magically turned into the Stepford children. It was good because I got to cuddle sweetly with my babies and listen to them chatter with each other. It was good because everyone ate their dinner. It was good because I made an effort to improve on Yesterday and the day before. They were not so good............. It was good because I made a decision that it was going to be!