Lollipops and Dog Licks

My Grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Corinthians 12:9

It's a beautiful thing when breakfast is finished, the chores are completed and we are seated at the table ready to begin our day.  If I had my way each day would start sweetly and quietly, with smiles and good attitudes as we all worked in one accord to prepare for the day.  That would be a lollipop morning.  One of which we would all look forward.  A day that brought satisfaction.  But let's face it some days are just pure dog lick...when nothing goes well and chaos reigns supreme.  I had that day yesterday.  I was prepared, but events from the the day before had already set the tone for the attitude in my middle child and it seemed that I was fighting a losing battle from the start. He was certainly in a dog lick place!!!

Knowing that my only course of action in order to claim success was to put aside my plan for the day and focus on the needs of my son.  Hours seemed like an eternity, but through prayer and perseverance we made it to lunch time and the mood had become slightly sweeter. That same son had art class in the afternoon and as I was picking him up, his art teacher introduced me as a "veteran " homeschool mom, to a new mom in class. I was honored by the title, but laughed a little as I briefly said my morning did not feel as though I were a veteran.  This new mom said something that I wholeheartedly agreed with; she said, "with homeschooling the days are either really wonderful or really awful, there is no in-between."  I totally get that; lollipops or dog licks. I prefer the lollipop days, but I will tackle the dog lick days with all the strength God provides.  I believe it is on those days we are made stronger.