I dare say that there is not a thing in this world that irritates me more than a nice piping hot cup of coffee turned cold. Yet, this seems to happen to me every morning.
My intentions are good. I get up. (that’s step 1 and quite a feat in and of itself) I go downstairs. I get a cup from the cabinet. I pour in the coffee. I settle in to a chair with my journal, a devotional, a Bible and a pen. And apparently, the clicking of the pen is code for “Alrighty! Everyone in the house come alive and vie for mommy’s attention!”
A wiggle of a doorknob. A faint creek of a worn-out stair. A pitter patter of little feet. (well, not so little anymore but that sentence made me feel like they were) And the words I were hoping could wait at least another 30 minutes come spilling forth out of their mouths:
“Mommy! I want breakfast!”
The coffee will have to wait. And it will get cold.
Hour later. Kids have eaten. Disney is blaring out of the living room. I slip away to heat up the coffee, only to be cut short by a 2 ft toddler with play dough in her hands and an artist twinkle in her eye.
The coffee will have to wait. And it will get cold.
Hide-n-seek. Trampoline. Bike ride. Wagon ride. Park. Swings.
Nap time brings promise of a ‘warming up of the coffee’. Nope.
Laundry. Dishes. Picking up. Cleaning.
The coffee will have to wait. And it will get cold.
But what has that cold cup of coffee come to mean to me? It means I played transformers with my son. It means I rocked the same baby doll to sleep 10 times. It means we’ve decorated the fridge with art that would make Picasso cry. It means I spent the day with my kids.
And my coffee? Well, I guess it’ll just have to stay cold.
“I know the best thing we can do is to always enjoy life” (Ecclesiastes 3:12 CEV)
Love this!! And I think this is such an example of what being a mom is all about – sacrifice! Even if it is the small things like putting your coffee to the side! And you are such a great example!
Saw this post on Fb and I had to read it. My husband laughs all the time because he finds my coffee in the microwave, having turned cold again waiting for me to take it out and drink it. I am excited because inspired by your story I can now tell him it is because I was being a great mommy.
Today it got cold because we were building a fort :0)
Great perspective!! Thanks!
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Another great post from my amazing wife!
that’s me with hot chocolate… although after a while it doesn’t warm up as well.
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