What's on Your To-Do List, Mama?

This is a good Monday morning {short} read for all young moms regarding to-do lists.  I can definitely relate to many of her sentiments about the way "productivity" {as I used to know it} and my children/their needs seem to clash:

There are many days where I get nothing crossed off my to-do list, unless you count doing extra loads of spit-up covered laundry as productivity.
In the very early days of mothering my little miracles I would often feel resentment rising in my heart whenever I heard one of them stir or whimper before his nap was supposed to be over. I would stew in frustration over the fact that he needed me more than I anticipated. I had big plans for my to-do list. And unfortunately, he wasn’t one of them.

I have absolutely felt similar sentiments when things begin veering away from the plan I had established  for my day, whether due to a shortened nap, a fussy baby, or an incredibly large accident/mess.  But, thanks be to God, He is slowly yet faithfully changing my perspective - reorienting my heart to have joy in the mundane, repetitive tasks of mothering my little ones, even when it seems that all my to-do list does is grow.  ;)

How grounding and encouraging and freeing is this:

When I stand before God one day I will not answer for how many articles I wrote, dishes I washed, or meals I made. But I will give an account for how I loved these babes. I will give an account for how I cared for their souls.

Head over to the Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood to read the rest of the post by Courtney Reissig:  A Mommy's To-Do List.