Lessons from my 4 year old

With about 2 1/2 weeks until James comes home, things have been a little crazy around here lately. I keep finding myself getting frustrated with the kids, the house, the cats...just about everything. Tonight, we were sitting down to eat dinner, neither kid would eat, Colton was super fussy, Kennedie was already telling me all about which food she was not going to try once her dinner was finished, and Harley (one of the cats) began crying in the hallway...for no reason. When I say crying, please know that he is a siamese cat. They have a very distinctive cry. It is extremely loud and annoying. After a few minutes of this, I yelled, "HARLEY! YOU'RE MAKING ME CRAZY!" Kennedie, as calmly as can be, says, "Mommy. We need to just let Harley be a cat today. He just needs to meow and be a cat." I know that doesn't sound like much. But somehow, I was able to really look deeply into what my 4 year old had just said. My darling children were just being children. Yes, I was going crazy, but I need to try harder to look at all of the blessings in my life instead. I have two perfectly healthy children. I am so thankful and am so greatly blessed.