Fact #1: Being a mom is hard. Fact #2: Sometimes I’m not very good at it.
In light of these facts, I have a mom confession: I messed up.
My son recently had a toothache. Being the caring and concerned parent that I am, I took him to the dentist. The dentist replaced an old filling hoping that would solve the problem. It didn’t and by Saturday my son’s face looked like a watermelon.
Being the caring and concerned parent that I am, I waited until Monday to call the dentist.
During our visit to the dentist on Monday afternoon, he suggested that we go to a specialist and get a root canal for my son. He also sent us to the pharmacy for a super high-powered antibiotic.
Being the caring and concerned parent that I am (now trying to convince myself), I immediately picked up the antibiotics and called the specialist. The specialist required lots of money upfront to do the procedure and lots of money after the procedure. So I waited.
Yesterday we were back at the dentist where I learned that waiting isn’t always a good thing. The tooth abscessed (along with my guilt) and now we are on round two of antibiotics. We will be getting that dental work after all.
Ever feel like a really bad mom?
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Totally been there! I always say, “There goes my Mother of the Year nomination! Hope your son gets to feeling better soon. This root canal isn’t a surprise to God, He’ll meet this need and strengthen your faith!
Thanks Alycia. You are such an encourager! It’s so true that it is not a surprise to God.
Everyday, I have those little moments of self doubt. Then sometimes
there are the bigger things that really, truly make you feel so incompetent as a parent. But Alycia is so right. Our Heavenly Father
knows evey thing. He provides. He compensates our weaknesses and turns it around for His glory. Just focus on the most important thing
you can provide as a mom-unconditional love mirroring that of our Lord.
Thanks for the reminder Kim. God does make up for our weaknesses.