"Motherhood, take it for all that it is and all that it brings."

While most of my post for Seeds of Faith will be about simple day to day tidbits of my life mothering four children, this first post will be about my feelings of motherhood. This will be the only way you can truly know where I come from when talking about my children, hubs and life as a mom. I try to live my day to day life with the above quote in the forefront of my mind. Does it always work you ask? No, not always. I sometimes feel like all I do goes unseen everyday. That all I do is kind of for nothing { I know this is not true }. It's those nights when I sit back and think of my children and how truly blessed I am that I realize that everything I do is for them and that it's all worth it.

Motherhood to me is not the amount of children you have nor the years you have racked up doing it. Motherhood is more of what God has given you, what he has helped create with you and the things you learn from your kids. Motherhood is more than a job, more than being a parent. A mother is many things, beyond being a mother or friend. A mother is many titles, feelings and heartfelt moments. Here is one of mine.

A Motherhood Moment With 4 Sanity Sucking Blessings

The truth about Santa

{not for children to read, please.}

How often does the conversation of Santa Clause come up in your house? Well in mine, it's often. My children are in love with the whole Santa Clause thing. We let them learn who and what Santa is from a very young age. Being Christian and a learning one at that, I find it hard to celebrate X-mas the way that most people do. We don't celebrate it as a birthday nor as a day of just receiving. We celebrate it as a day of giving, nothing less nothing more. So that you know I was a Santa believer 'til I was 21.

I have this thing about always telling my children the truth no matter if it hurts them or not, so I knew that if any of them would ask me if Santa the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy is real, I would have to say no. My hubs said he didn't agree and that he was against it. I said we would talk about it when the day came. So, that day came. After getting the go ahead from my husband, I sat and talked to my oldest (6). Here is how the conversation went.

April- "Mom is Santa real?"

Me- "No, he's not"

April- "How do you know?"

Me- "Well, mommy and daddy are the ones who buy your gifts, we eat the cookies you put out, and we decide if you are naughty or nice. The reason we say there is a Santa is because he is the idea of giving without the need to receive in return."

We then watched the video of Veggie Tales, "Saint Nicholas a story of joyful giving".

Me- "Do you understand April that mommy and daddy are Santa?"

April- "Yea mom, but can you please call Santa and tell him we were good?"

Me- "You got it April, I will call tonight."

The point of this is, I have learned that I will continue to be honest with my children, but when it comes to Santa, The Tooth Fairy and The Easter Bunny, I will tell them whatever makes them smile. That my truth doesn't have to be theirs, and I am happy that this conversation didn't ruin what she felt X-mas was all about.

A good verse to read and learn is:

Proverbs 31:10-12, 25-30: "An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life ... Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she smiles at the future. She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and bless her; her husband also, and he praises her, saying: 'Many daughters have done nobly, but you excel them all.' Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised."

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