Victory Is…

Do you ever feel like just staying in bed? Ignoring the alarm, hitting the snooze a half dozen times, or just cutting it off altogether? I certainly do sometimes. Each morning, I think to myself, why should I get out of this warm bed and face the cold, quiet, dark house? My motivation is Stroller Strides. Knowing that I have moms, who are now my friends, that depend on me to show up. Depend on me to accept them with or without a shower or clean clothes. Knowing I will have no negative thoughts about them if their child shows up still in their pjs. You know why, because I have been there, or I am going to be. As a single mom, life is different. I am in charge and I have no one to blame but myself. That is why I take pride in the small things. Victory is getting out of bed each morning. Victory is skillfully trying to awaken a three year old so that she will be pleasant instead of uncooperative. If we can make it out the door without the threat of timeout…victory. If we can make it through the entire Stroller Strides class still in the stroller…victory! Not everyday is loaded with victories. But everyday is a blessing, and has victorious potential.

What is victory to you?