Let it go....

So I came up with this title, because it is a lesson (hard one) that I have had to learn over the last year...since Aubrey was born. My husband has been saying it for years, but I have had to finally listen and prioritize our lives. Some things you just gotta let go...

For example:

Ironing: We have company this week and it has been awhile since the guest sheets were out and as I was putting them on the bed, I thought, "I should really iron these sheets...or in the very least the pillow cases." In the past, I would have run down to do this in a heart beat, but I went back and forth with "it will only take 5 minutes", or "I could spend that 5 minutes playing with Aubrey instead of letting her watch me make the beds and iron". So I didn't iron anything. Still thinking about it...but I let it go...

Pajama Day: The kids loved this one. About once a week, especially in the summer when everyone is out of school, we would have a designated day where no one got out of their jammies all day and we took baths and put new ones on before a movie and bed! It was the best. Now days, we just have too many things going on. School pick up and drop of, appointments errands, and the list goes on. Therapy is a big one, since they come early...8:00am. There were many times, before surgery, that we didn't get out of our jammies before they came and I just had to be ok with that because we just couldn't do it. Now, I don't accept that and we are dressed for all therapy sessions! But every once in awhile a Saturday comes along when we have nothing on the calendar and there isn't any yard work and we can all stay in our jammies all day long....Until the next one though, I got dressed this morning...and let it go...

Chores: 9 months before Aubrey was born we had a house on the market and were buying a new one. Our house was on the market for 6 months and so every morning the beds were made, the dishes were done, the bathrooms cleaned, floors vacuumed...everything had it's place. Not the case anymore. Most of the time we are living in C.H.A.O.S. (can't have anyone over syndrome)! The laundry is never all done and put away, the dishes are rarely all done at the end of the day, etc, etc, etc....I have let it go...

What I have learned is that there is always going to be "stuff" to do or "stuff" that we miss out on, but what is important is that we are all as happy and healthy as can be. I came across a blog today that was titled "We may not have it all together, but together we have it all!" That pretty much says it for us. We aren't always organized or cleaned up or have had a relaxing day, but we have each other and our love and that is most important.

I sometimes wonder if this is just something that would have been with any fourth child...or is it only a lesson I got to learn because we are busier with Aubrey and her Down syndrome etc?

So give yourself a break today...let something go...play with your kids. It is way more important.