I want to learn to be a mom who is able to look past the mess and praise the creativity. I want to see opportunities to enjoy my children instead of focusing on the inconvenience of allowing little hands to stir the batter and crack the eggs.
I am not this type of mom. I am scheduled and focused. I have a picture in my head of how the day will go and I can get bent out of shape when it doesn't happen the way I wanted.
I see the creativity but only after I've reprimanded them for making the mess. I notice the play doh all over the floor or the chalk all over their clothes and then I notice the robot they've built or the dragon they've drawn. And by then, it's too late. I've already made it clear to them that I value my agenda, my workload, over their hearts.
This motherhood thing is hard in ways that I never even imagined.
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