People stop me now and often say the same exact thing, "You sure have your hands full!" I was laughing about this with a friend who was once an expat in HK who is the mother of 5 beautiful children, including twins. She told me her standard line to that remark is,
"If you think my hands are full, you should see my heart."
What a great way to remember to be thankful.
Sometimes I want to roll my eyes and agree with the comments, and say, "Yes, this is crazy, it's so hard!" And I want to complain about it. Sometimes I just want to roll my eyes and say, "You have no idea!" And sometimes I just want to ignore the people looking at me like I am crazy.
But, from now on, every time I hear, "You've got your hands full!" I will be reminded that my heart is more full and I can then live in a thankful state.
I will be reminded to be thankful for the gift of life with each comment made by passers by, I can be reminded that my heart doubled in size the moment I saw those two boys on the screen 8 weeks into their life, that my life is busy, but so fulfilled and full of love.
I will use the comments, (which are mostly innocent and nice, just plentiful...)
to remind me that I am so blessed and my cup runs over.
Yes, my hands are full, but so is my heart.
I am thankful today and always for my beautiful family.
Happy Thanksgiving.
