You will be my mother for my entire life, but I will only be your little boy for a little while

I just saw a commercial on TV where a little boy said, “You will be my mother for my entire life, but I will only be your little boy for a little while.” Hearing that really touched my heart and almost brought me to tears.

These past few days have been pretty crazy, and any Mom who has children at home understands what I mean. These past few weeks I have been juggling all my duties: being a good wife and mother, keeping the house clean, keeping up with my ministry, and making time for myself among other things. Many times I feel so tired and feel that I’m failing in everything.

Many times I try to do everything, knowing full well that it is almost impossible to finish everything that I need to do during the day. But what makes me the most upset is when my little Caleb takes my hand and takes me to his room, asking me to sit with him and play with him, and I have to tell him, “I can’t right now love, Mommy is busy.” My heart breaks watching his little face when he tells me, “But Mommy, I want to be with you.” Many times I put off what I need to do until 8 p.m. (when the kids are asleep), but other times I don’t.

I just want to enjoy the time that I have with my babies while getting everything done at the same time. I’m asking God to help me and I know that He will. I also know that time is passing very quickly and in the blink of an eye, my children will be grown up and living their own lives. I ask God to help me not only to be a good mother, but also to enjoy every moment I have with them.