In Honor Of Mother's Day Yesterday.....

Katrina Kenison, Mother of two boys, wrote The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother's Memoir.  Here is a review from Family Circle Magazine:

This eloquent book is subtitled "A Mother's Memoir," but that's not giving Kenison's chronicle of her sons' increasing independence its full due. It's also about longing and fulfillment , taking stock of failures and achievements, a search for the elusive "something more" of one's existence-and a reminder that life's seemingly mundane moments are often where we find beauty, grace and transformation".


In honor of Mother's Day and to help us all remember the importance of our "ordinary days".....Here is Katrina reading a chapter of her book..... 

I am a Mom that is experiencing the full spectrum of what Katrina is talking about in this video clip.  I have one child that has left our nest, has graduated from college, and is now married and I have 7 children living here at home at various stages of their lives and I also have a baby on the way.  Many times I have wished that I could bring my oldest back and do it over again.  But sadly, time doesn't stand still and we are only given so much time to enjoy our children while they are "in our nests".  Not to say that you still can't enjoy them after they are gone but it won't be very often that you will: wipe their nose (or their behind), fix a boo boo, read them a story, watch them participate in sports, trip over their things, take their temperature and nurse them back to health, drive them places at obscene hours of the night, lose sleep because they're not home yet, settle their arguments, teach them countless things that you know they will need to know before they leave home to set off on their own........and the list goes on and on.  


My prayer is that each day I will remember to slow down and savor these "ordinary days" God has blessed me with......because some day, they will be gone.  Wishing you also, the joy and blessing of discovering your Ordinary Days!


Wendy


"Seen in the right light, through the right eyes, everything is extraordinary." Katrina Kenison