The stress of home

Home.......home.......home.........

Coming home from 8 days of fun is hard. It means LOTS of laundry!!!! A messy house! Real world stress. I laid in bed last night with a stomach ache thinking of the stress. Then I woke up and didn't want to get out of bed because of the stress. I went down stairs cleaned the kitchen and started my kiddos cleaning their rooms. Why is our house such a mess? Getting ready to go on the trip we were busy doing school, laundry, packing. We came home to a messy house. I can't focus on anything else until this house is clean. Here I am blogging quick. Mental health break. :) Then I'll use this day to get our house in order and for nothing else. So, then tomorrow I can be ready for our real world life again. Because I was feeling a little over whelmed I went and knelt in my closet to pray. It's my favorite place. I turn off the light and feel close to my Heavenly Father in that moment. I was reminded of my incredibly blessed life to come home to. My four beautiful, healthy children. The incredible blessing I have of schooling them at home. Learning with them, from them, and knowing everything that they are learning. Wow! That's a huge blessing in this scary world. I remembered that I have a sweet husband who loves me and supports me in everything I dream up. I remembered that I don't need to sweat the small stuff. That I don't need to stress over the unnecessary. I remembered that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me and wants to help me in everything endeavor of my life. Even getting my house clean. (Cleanliness is next to Godliness) So, I'm taking a deep breath, plugging away, and preparing today for real life at home. Ballet, softball, school, co-op, church callings, braces, glasses, doctors appointments, prescriptions, animals, dinner, bills, appointments, groceries, exercise, diet, life.  I have a beautiful blessed, a little stressful, life.