Being a Mom and Being Grateful

As some of you might know, we're been having some 'pooping problems' with Daaelynn for quite a while now. Well we finally got her into a Dr who gave us a perscription for Miralax (a stool softner). Sounds way fun huh? Weellll we got her on it and have since had to throw away 3 pairs of panties and I just got to do the fun mommy job of scrubbing poop up off our floor. She is so use to holding it in and with this stuff you really can't. And honestly I've not had a wonderful attitude about the whole situation. Riley is about 100% more compassionate than I am-0h sad to say. When I discovered the accident and Daae sitting in it I called for Riley and he said "Oh poor Daae Daae" And then I felt so bad that my first thought was "Oh great!" So as I was cleaning up the mess and Riley was putting Daae in the tub, I was thinking about how I was going to come write my blog about the trials of motherhood like scrubbing poo out of carpet, and then Riley's words and a book I recently read popped into my head- and i felt bad again for considering this a trial. The book was about a couple who had a little boy with lukemia. In the book the father is a Dr. and they portray to the reader just what treatment for lukemia, which included a bone marrow transplant and heavy chemotherapy,is reallllyyy like for a child. This was a fictional book, but holy cow! This happens to families every day and here I am whining about my health childs small issue at the moment.It is interesting how Heavenly Father throws thoughts into your mind to help you keep perspective and dish you out some humility. I am so grateful for my mommy status and all the ick that comes with it , and although doing the ick with a smile might be hard, I will remember to do it without the chip on my shoulder and some compassion for my little one and for those moms who wish pooping problems were there only problems.