Nothing too BIG???!!

Today I didn't do much that consisted of accomplishments, or even exciting defeats. I hung out with my kids. I played U-No with them and we made crafts (courtesy of Shanell). We laughed, we spent time together, we read books, and when it was time for bed, I jumped on them all and gave them HUGE kisses and told them that I loved them and Id see them in the morning, and in return I got smiles from ear to ear with a response of "Ok Mommy, I love you too." Then I spent the rest of the evening holding my sweet and so precious son until he fell asleep in my arms, waiting for his Daddy to come home from a long days work. I love these days. I had a million things I could of done...laundry...ugh...clean kitchen...ugh ugh...mop...ugh ugh ugh....all the things that will keep until tomorrow of course. However if I had chosen to do those things instead I wouldn't have this moment and this memory of today, nothing big, nothing exciting to others pretty lame in fact, people would probably say BORING...however, I consider it a privilege and an honor to spend this time with my children, and to think at times I take this for granted when there were years of struggling to conceive just one child that we so longed for and now we have four, however did we get so lucky?
I try to imagine and tell myself how blessed I am everyday, I do, but it is also so easy to get caught up in the stupid things that suck, or make things bad, and then I think gosh I have it so bad....poor me....I was just telling Aaron the other night I could seriously win Bitty of the Year Award. Ever since I fell down the stairs and broke my tail bone, I live in pain constantly, the doctor said it would be months before I even felt normal or it didn't not hurt a little, he is right, but I make my poor family know it. I couldn't imagine living in pain constantly, and I know that there are people who do, and I cant believe that I have complained. I think of Aaron's old co-worker who had (has) spinal cancer and he is in chronic pain constantly and has to wear on his back a permanent morphine patch...ok, seriously am I ridiculous or what?
I have a niece who hasn't spoken to her "mother" since Thanksgiving and my heart breaks for her, shes due to give birth any minute and my niece doesn't know if she has or not and if her new baby brother has been born, the things that go through her mind and she worries about I cant imagine. However, I am so eternally grateful for the Mom she does have and is being raised by. My sister in-law is her Mom and loves her and is there when her "Mother" cant or wont. I'm so glad that she has her in her life and vice versa. Then I think of my own kids and how I couldn't imagine not talking to them or hearing about their day, or just to hear their voice. Especially when I think of all the cute things that they say and the expressions they make while talking, all the things Id miss...how sad would that be? So then I come back to my day, and it all comes together for me, yes my house wasn't in Kristen standards and Aaron came home to a little chaos but I think he will care more that I'm happy and his kids are happy versus whether or not the dishwasher was emptied, which it was because Carys did it for me, she loves it, crazy kid. LOL
So sleep well all and remember to count your blessings....name them one by one...