Lord, Let Us Eat Chocolate This Morning

This is a day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice in it and be very, very grateful. Let us eat chocolate in the morning and have cereal and no fruit-- on this glorious day who needs the five grain flax chia oatmeal with berries and smoothies eaten while reading nifty new Halloween story. Lets have cereal. In front of the TV.

And Lord, let us not worry about getting our kids to brush their teeth. Just for today. No one will notice. Let us forgo brushing hair, celebrate mismatched socks (or no socks?) and milk mustaches.  Let the missing backpacks and homework stay where they may and let us not worry about unmade beds or rooms covered with legos before 7:00AM.

Lord, the cats will be OK eating food off the counter, won’t they? They look pleased. And the snake, six bullfrog larvae, and lizard can wait to eat until tomorrow. Lord, I love nature. Can dogs eat cereal too?

And forgive me Lord for my sagging eyes, but I’m not going to cover them up this morning. Well maybe just sunglasses.  But no shower for me! Too much to do, and I am proud of my body.

My house looks pretty bad, Lord. But I’m grateful for it.  Laundry baskets everywhere, dirty socks in random places. Dog hair lining the stairs. Counters covered with crumbs. The reptile cages and cat litter boxes need a cleaning. But I will still rejoice. I will!

Lord, let me be real. Help me make it very clear, through my words and my appearance, that I am a mom who does not have it all together. Because clearly I do not. And Lord, I hope this helps some other mom out there-- rejoice!

On this day, Lord, and for your sake, lets not ride bikes to school. No no. We will take the SUV. And we will be late.