I love this!! It's so true. Something simple, like doing laundry, takes so four times as long when you're also teaching a 16 month old about colors, helping her see the difference between daddy's clothes and her clothes, showing her how we put things away, and then refolding and actually putting everything away while she naps. But, it's so worth it. Every moment of patience and love (especially when you're really sure that you'll lose it this time) is rewarded with a new piece of knowledge, a new light bulb of understand that is matched by a big smile and a hug. Welcome to motherhood! -Emily Shoemaker
I love this!! It's so true. Something simple, like doing laundry, takes so four times as long when you're also teaching a 16 month old about colors, helping her see the difference between daddy's clothes and her clothes, showing her how we put things away, and then refolding and actually putting everything away while she naps. But, it's so worth it. Every moment of patience and love (especially when you're really sure that you'll lose it this time) is rewarded with a new piece of knowledge, a new light bulb of understand that is matched by a big smile and a hug.
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-Emily Shoemaker
Amen!
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