come running.

Do you ever read something that just rings so true to YOU {your life, your goals, your heart, all you know to be true} that it brings you to tears?  I stumbled upon a blog post the other night about mothering boys that did just that.  It made my heart full and reminded me that even on what I may deem a hard or pitiful day of mothering (when I feel like I have not an ounce of patience left, when all of the tricks up my sleeve just aren't making anything better, etc)..... even on THOSE days, I know I'm doing everything that TRULY matters just right.  All because I will always, always, ALWAYS "Come Running".  I'll do so because that's what my heart knows and it will have a far greater effect on my children than anything else.

Many of you are unaware, simply because I've never shared it  here on my blog....  but, I lost my mom at a very young age.  My dad did his very, very best to play both roles (and he did a pretty bang-up job I might add!).  In all honesty, for the longest time, I never felt like I missed out on anything because I simply didn't know what life looked like with a mom.  When I was 15 (and my brother 17), my dad remarried.  Up until then, it was just the three of us....me, my dad and my brother.  We were, and still certainly are, a very fierce unit.  There are a hundred things I could tell you that my dad "did right" by us and he could probably tell you a handful of things that he wished he had done far differently.  But, the one thing that I know for certain and love most about him:  he always came running.  Truth be told, he still comes running.  At a moments notice, he'd be here in a quick hurry if I said the words.  When it matters, he comes running.

And with all of my being, I will do the exact same for Jackson and any future minis we might have.  It's all too easy to get wrapped up in doing one-hundred different things "right" and according to the latest and greatest parenting book [when to start teaching colors, how to sleep train, when to potty train].  And don't get me wrong, I've read those books. But, I'm reminded that the most important thing we can do as mothers {or fathers!} is to come running!

So this is my reminder to each of you.... those, who like me, are in the midst of mothering, those who are mamas-to-be and those who who will be moms someday down the road::::::: don't stress the little things, but always, always come running!