Frustrated? Overwhelmed? At the end of your rope?
Do you wish there was help for surviving motherhood?
There is. And it’s here for you – in the Irritable Mother’s Survival Kit!
Who is this Irritable Mother anyway? For one, she’s me! I’ll describe her and you can see if she might be you, too.
This Irritable Mother couldn’t wait to have kids. She loves her children dearly and thanks God for them often. However, when her babies turned into toddlers and started talking back and leaving messes around, this Irritable Mother became a little less excited about being a mother. When her children started fighting with each other and followed her around the house complaining and making demands, she began despairing of motherhood. It came to a head one day when their pursuit of her seemed relentless and she found herself sitting behind a closed door, crying out to God, actually questioning His wisdom in giving her children. She wanted to be a good mom, meeting all their needs as best as she could, but it seemed to her the only thing she could do was be a failure. She felt like she was letting her kids and God down.
That’s the picture of where I was. Have you been there, too? Are you there right now?
God put a desire in me to become a holy woman, to become more like Jesus. I knew such a change would need to be reflected in my mothering. I didn’t want to yell at my kids so much. I didn’t want to blow up at them. I wanted to be tender and patient, loving and kind. The story of my journey and the hope for your journey is what I share in my book “Confessions of an Irritable Mother.”
The thing I want to share with you here and now is some ideas I’ve discovered which help me make it through my “irritable moments.” I’ve affectionately called it “The Irritable Mother’s Survival Kit.” Listen to some of these great tips in Karen's interview on Natural Mom's Talk Radio.
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