5.07.2014

how threes bees:

The most common question I get from people now - now that we have three kids - is:
"how do you do it?!"
Usually this comes from another mama, with one or two kids clawing at her shirt.
Usually it's asked with a tone of desperation and amazement.
As though I've found the cure for cancer.
As if having one more child than them has put me on the pinnacle of Mt.Everest.

I smile.
Because I get it.

I remember when we didn't have any kids.
Those people with even one baby were a strange marvel to me - "how do they do it?" I'd wonder.

Then we had our daughter.
Life tilted to a whole new axis around this wee wonder.
And then I'd look at people with two kids and marvel "how do they do it?".

Then we had our son.
We spiralled into a whole new orbit of craziness.
And then I'd look at people with three (or more) kids and think "they must be nuts!".

Because we always feel a bit over our heads as parents.
Like the under tow has pulled us much farther from where we thought we'd be.
Throw us one more child - and we'll likely all drown!

But every child is remarkably buoyant.
As our third child, (our second daughter), has taught me now.
 The third child is the gift of a fresh perspective.
Or, a 'coming up for air' if you will.

Because the first child is really just a wild blur of trying to figure out how to not completely 'screw up' this whole new parenting role.
And the second child is a compound of sleep-deprivation and desperation to just all 'get along'.
But the third child comes right at the moment when you start to get it.
 
'It' being that these children are growing way too fast.
That you just want to savour and delight in every crazy little moment of every day with them.
That you want to squeeze them just one more time before bed.
Read one more book.
Take one more look.

This baby.
This delight.


Yes, three is just as full as it was with one, or two.
 Full of the wonderful moments when you wish everyone in the world could just feel this love gushing from your heart to your child's.
Full of the crazy moments when you think you're heart has never been so full of evil and desperation.
Full.
Our tiny trinity.
Each so distinct, yet, each united in the love and blood that pulses through us all.
Each child is a new wave of affection crashing over this heart.
My cup runneth over.

Mel ;o)





 

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful Mel! And absolutely to the point. Couldn't agree more. Thank God for making children buoyant. :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Absolutely beautiful!! And so very true...the moment you realize how fast it all seems to be going, is the moment you consciously slow down and savour...and slowing down our hearts, resting in Him, seems to tune our hearts into thankfulness for these little blessings! Thanks for sharing Mel! (Rachel Hughes)

    ReplyDelete
  3. If anyone knows how I must feel in this moment.. it would be you - my parallel life mama! Glad to know you're in it too - savour savour savour! xx

    ReplyDelete
  4. Got your comment too R. Hughes... and you are definitely a model of taking the time to truly savour the treasures God's placed in your home ;o) xx

    ReplyDelete
  5. i am totally one of those mamas who always asks you how you do it. lol you do it well! xx

    ReplyDelete
  6. aww.. hehe.. you're funny, but thanks! Hugs to you and Lil'!

    ReplyDelete
  7. RocĂ­o L. Kater22 January 2015 at 13:17

    Love it!...I was always wondering how was having one, later...having two...and now I stopped wondering. i think God gives every single mom the ability to know "how to do it" with your kids...1, 2,3...19 :)

    ReplyDelete
  8. I liked your blog, thanks for sharing this.

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for dropping by our nest, I love to hear from you!