It is a choice

What made me think of this is the kid's daycare. The individuals that run the place drive me bonkers. Clearly they do not want to deal with parents and kids all day however they choose to work in a field where they have to do so. We are so excited about Primrose opening (now in March) and are just buying our time until we can leave. But it reminds me that being happy is a choice! If you are so blessed to get to wake up and see the next day you can choose to be happy, or not. 

I could easily let the dreary cold weather, lack of sleep from a screaming baby, sick kids, stress of work and general stress of being a Mom let me be unhappy, but that is not my choice! The Lord blessed me with another day, we need the rain so badly and how quickly I forget how the cold is nice is comparison the grueling heats of Texas summers. I am tired from sick kids and a baby that doesn't want to sleep, but that means that I have my babies at home with me to love on and snuggle with, all night long. I might get stressed from work but that means that I have a job so I can provide for my family. And the constant duties of bottles and laundry and taking kids to the bathroom, changing diapers, making meals, cleaning up and endless tasks of a Mom means that I am a Mom and God blessed me with two of his angels that he trusted me enough to care for them. 

There are days that I get overwhelmed and I am not the happiest person in the world. I found a note that I saved, for some reason, that my Mom sent me when I was in college. Apparently I was overwhelmed with college and basketball etc (oh to have those worries again, lol), so she sent me this oh so caring note:

I am pretty sure she sent it with a bag of gummy worms :) So I don't claim to be perfect but remember it is a choice you can make to be happy every day. I remember my Dad would tell us "this is the day that the Lord has made, less us rejoice and be glad in it." I try to tell Hunter that too in the mornings when he is grumpy. We sing the song and do a silly dance and then he is happy. So today even though the daycare management team is driving me bonkers, I chose to be happy and they can't take that away from me! :)