It has been a crazy week at the Roseberry's house! Last week Evan came down with a tummy bug and we can't ever have the 24 hour bug at our house. It ALWAYS seems to last at least 5-7 days. Yuck. It truly is one of the hardest things I face as a mom b/c I have never been able to tolerate throwing up. In fact, it so traumatized me as a child that I can still remember almost everyone who threw-up at school starting in the 1st grade. Now that is a serious reason for me to start therapy.
The good news is that when it is your own children that are sick, God does somehow fill you with enough strength to get through it, but it isn't easy. Haley also ended up with a cold and full body rash at the same time and I really thought the plague had settled into our home.
After more than a week of illness and no sleep, I was really starting to feel sorry for myself. Why wouldn't God just stop the madness. He could take this yucky stuff away in a snap. It'd be nothing. But He didn't. And after a few days of wrestling with God about my circumstances in life, I finally came to the conclusion that God doesn't always change our circumstances, we instead allow Him to change our hearts.
Wow, how hard is that? I didn't even want to let Him change my attitude at first because I was so tired and frustrated I couldn't see how that would help me get through the day. But, little by little things started to improve. I can't always have a good night sleep or rested body. Yet, each day I am still called to be the best mom I can be devoted to loving these kids and helping them through the yucky times in life. I know, someday I'll wish this was the hardest part about being a mom.
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