What do you want for your family and home? What do you really want?
Think of your children being grown, talking about their childhood and their memories… what is it that you hope they think about, or tell someone? What do you hope they talk to each other about, when they share stories of their memories growing up?
Does that match up to the life you are living right now?
We spend SO much time comparing ourselves to that other mama on social media, and her family. Friend, it does not matter AT ALL! Her life, her family, her home… it is hers. She is showing the highlights of what that moment in her life looks like. We don’t even know the story behind the image she posted.
What if instead of comparing ourselves to that mama on IG, we start digging deep in to our life and start comparing what it looks like, to the life we want our children to talk about when they are older?
Is there a daily, seasonal, or yearly rhythm that you hope they think about? Are there important traditions and memories that you want them to carry with them, and you want to celebrate together? That right there, that is what we should be comparing our every day lives to.
Our family, our home, our life… it is our story to live. It is our unique journey that no one else gets to have, and that is incredibly beautiful!
Gray and I have started having time together each day with our special mugs full of warm foam. We sit down without distractions, and are present in the moment, just the two of us together. It is a simple moment in our day that I savor, and I know will be something that later in life holds a special memory for us.
What story do you hope your children tell? What memories do you want to make? Your life is yours, and that’s a beautiful gift, friend!
