This Weeks Print Inspiration: Positives Amongst the Chaos

My husband and I were remembering a time when we were married with no kids. Oh the days of sleeping in, going anywhere, doing anything, no restrictions, no boundaries except for our wallets and imaginations. I remember watching families back then, chasing after their children, wiping noses, smelling or peeking into diapers and it did not call to me. I enjoyed spending time with kids, playing, laughing…who wouldn’t like that? However, I liked our life and I had no longing to have children of my own. Then one day my nephew was born. I had held a few newborns prior to him, even his two older sisters. Just as with him, I coo’d over them, I wanted to snuggle with them and bite their little toes {In a good way} but something had changed.

That night I was downloading the pictures I had taken of him when I realized what had happened. I wanted a baby! {How could this be?} I knew what that meant, our carefree life would change or perhaps even disappear but I wanted a baby! {Was this madness?} My husband had always been open to the idea of having children someday so my proclamation was met with love and excitement. Despite our efforts, it was many years later when we finally had our first child. Two weeks after she took her first steps, we welcomed our second child into this world. It has been a whirl wind ever since. I was now chasing children, wiping noses, smelling or peeking into diapers. {How could  this be?} They are wonderful, sweet, funny, smart, argumentative, stubborn, agile and noisy. {Is this madness?} But they are mine. They are his. They are ours. They make us laugh, they make me cry {Not in a good way}, they make interesting dinner conversation, they make me wonder why I bother to sweep the floor at all, they make me wonder how they can have so much energy on so little sleep, they make us want to be better people, they make us cringe and they make us feel an indescribable love.

It's easy to not see the positives amongst the chaos sometimes.

This is what inspired my latest print. Something that helps me remember the inspiring moments, the beautiful moments and perhaps even laugh at some of the more challenging moments {No? Too soon?} It helps to brighten my day, lift my spirit and perhaps it will do the same for someone else too.

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