Acceptance

This is one of those posts that could go on for pages and pages but I will try to keep it reasonable. By no means are the lists complete, just a general idea that my brain came up with today.
Things I have come to accept:

• the dishwasher will never be empty
• the counter by the sink will never be clear
• the floor will never look like I just cleaned it, even after I have
• whether I do all the laundry on one day or a load or two each day, there will always be SOMETHING in the hamper
• the boys won't remember to do their chores on their own
• food and drink will be spilled occasionally
• tantrums will be thrown by someone once in a while (sometimes, it's even me!)

Things I am trying to accept:

• boys will be boys
• change, in any form
• whether Pattie is or isn't old enough for certain things
• someday the boys won't fight so much
• I need to get rid of old things to make room for new things

Things I will probably never be able to accept but I am thinking about trying (but not really):

• Raley will grow up
• Clay will grow up
• Pattie will grow up

Learning to accept the things in these lists is kind of the driving force/idea behind the name of this blog. If I let these things drive me crazy then chaos will reign and we will be crushed beneath it. If we accept them and embrace them we can live with chaos on an even footing. I choose to embrace some of these and fight the ones that will cause my slow descent into madness (mainly the ones at the end there!). What about you?