Sunday reflection

June 18th,
I am going to start blogging more, giving my reflection on the previous week, but also what has helped me with some "coping".

Be prepared as I continue my spiritual journey, I may have a few blogs on verses that I found to help me.

So my reflection on this week was tough, first week out if school and my special needs child had a lot of challenges. 
I definitely lacked on what is most important like self care and patience. 
New routine is being established with my daughter and it was quite hard for BOTH of us to adjust.
I've never been one to follow a written plan, I kind of go with the flow. I write them down, but keeping track of it with 2 girls is extremely challenging. I have one 10 year old special needs daughter and one 3.5 year old and they LOVE to "feed" off one another more than just the normal sibling rivalry. Our afternoons are usually worse, especially when trying to cook dinner or clean the kitchen. 
I live in a 2 bedroom small house, I try and have them do activities at our kitchen table but again... their attention span is very limited. My husband is a cable maintenance tech, and the weeks he is "on-call" are difficult as we don't know when he will be home. He could come home at normal time to be called back out or not come back until after bedtime.
This is harder on myself as a stay at home mom, I try and wake up earlier than the house but also stay up a little later for some "me" time. That always changes ad they some times wake up when I get up, or want to stay up late and go to bed when I do.

I have learned that, it is important not only for the children of special needs to have a routine but it is also important for moms to create our "zen" moments.
Cherish the good, and make the difficult times better.

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