Killing It

“I never expected to be a stay at home mom, but here I am killing it!”  

A friend gave me this plaque, which sits above my kitchen sinks. Most days, it serves as a comical joke at how short I am falling, but this week....I’m living up to my plaque potential!  

Yesterday was the second grade fieldtrip to the Nature and Science Museum—killed it!  Not only did I keep track of all five assigned kids, but we thoughtfully perused the museum, asked good questions of the dossiers, and even found the knolls hidden around the museum.  

Today was 4th grade’s poetry reading and the school’s Thanksgiving lunch—killed it!  Arrived on time for poetry reading, remembered to video my child, and followed teacher request to provide written feedback for two different students....check and check.  

Kenny’s scroll featuring his poem “Colorado”

Thanksgiving lunch was its own monster...two different lunchtimes, which I navigated without completely embarrassing my three boys.  I even ended up with a bonus boy.  (His Mom had a broken toe and was home with his older brother who had “thrown up last night...and the dog ate it!”  😳)

But I can feel my super powers waning.  We’re sitting at the dentist waiting room, where I am completely ignoring my children.  The Mom next to me is killing it, with cuddling and having meaningful conversation with her kids.  I want to lean over and whisper, “I’ve been killing it for the past two days!”  And we’re just minutes away from a dental cleaning, which is sure to include admonishments regarding parental brushing in children under the age of 8.

The truth is we all have our limits as humans.  Just when we think we have nailed it, we screw it all up.  Thank goodness our “killing it” at life isn’t a prerequisite to be loved by our Heavenly Father.  He is more perfect than the best mom out there, and loves even the worst mom out there.  So as I feel my super powers fade, I know His love for me doesn’t.  What a sweet  reassurance!  

So whether you’re killing it today, or giving a nasty side-eye to  the mom that is, you can take a breath and REST in His promise of Psalm 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of fieldtrip chaperone, I will fear no second grader, because God is with me.”  (Mommy Translation). Feel free to make that verse your own.  Whether it’s a trip to Disney or a trip to the doctor.  Whether you’re killing it or feel like you’re being killed by it, God is with you!  What a relief!