Plant Start Up

Well, today was plant start up for Sy. It didn't go as well as expected. I reminded him that this was all just going to make him a stronger person and that he would be better because of it. This evening Maddy was feeling really sad and we had a long talk about how hard this move to Indiana has been on her. Again, I brought to the table that it would make her a better, more compassionate person and she would learn things that she otherwise might not have learned. As I was putting the kids in bed 45 min late tonight and I walked into the laundry room to find all of my clean load from the dryer pulled out onto the floor I had to keep myself from breaking down. Why? Why did this bother me so much? I think that I have just had too much of kid messes. Kids toys, clothes (especially Kalia's 14 outfits every day), their food, and lately their wrappers of all sorts just lying around the house. I'm not a slob, at least I don't think I am. When the house is clean I can function so much better as a wife, mother, and just a person. Because of my headaches lately the house is what I would call a shamble! I worked on laundry ALL DAY yesterday and some today. So to walk in and find the clean clothes on the dirty floor about killed me. I was thinking about the whole headache/housework situation and reminded myself that it would also make me a stronger, better person. I just need the right attitude. This "better person" stuff isn't always an easy thing but as I think back to the times I have grown the most in my life, it has always been the hard times. I am grateful now for the growth I had from those times and for the love I felt from my Savior then and now. I feel so blessed in my life and I just need to focus on those blessings rather that the negative stuff. This isn't a normal post for me but I know that in the future I will need this reminder again and again ,so I will write it down anyway. Tomorrow is a new day!