There is a large portion of my life that is spent not being able to pay for the great ideas I have. I have amazing ideas of things that I want to build or do. I have incredible ideas of all of these things that I want to accomplish. Yet, most of my life is spent trying to find ways to finance things. I'm not complaining at all. I'm very blessed. It's just my lot in life.
As a working mom, there is always this part of me that cringes and cries inside when I have to miss my children's school events. I got a notification the other day of my daughter being involved in an awards ceremony....that's during school hours. Guess who works during those hours? Bummer, huh? She was so disappointed that it made me sad and made me feel like a failure on some level. I have to work to help support our household but it's events like this that make me sad about that part of my life.
So what is there to do?
I guess the biggest part is to understand that sacrifice is essential in life. It's not something we like or it wouldn't be called "sacrifice." I may not be able to make it to the awards but we can have a fun dinner and take pictures at home WITH her awards. We can still celebrate; just not at the school. There is compromise to be had and there is still celebration in the great moments and sadness in the sad moments but God is good and I am blessed and remembering that is remembering that I don't have to be able to do everything, as long as I can do something.
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