I ♥ Faces -- "Motherhood"

The following photo is not the one I was planning on entering this week. I had planned on entering a sweet picture of a friend with her daughter, sitting together, sharing a tender moment. The photo below was actually an attempt by my husband to get a decent picture of me and my girls on Mother's Day. You can see for yourself how it turned out.

One girly goofing off, the next not paying any attention, and the last throwing a royal hissy fit. Classic.

This picture says "motherhood" to me because very often motherhood is not about the sweet and tender moments. Motherhood is filled with challenges, frustrations, dirty diapers, and lots of tears (from children and quite often from mom!). As the mother of three children under four, there are very often moments like the ones above where it seems like life has descended into total chaos. When this happens, there are two choices: we can throw up our hands and scream (which I will admit I have done many times), or we can throw back our heads and laugh. A sense of humor is a great asset for a mother... It always goes better when we choose laughter. So as this picture was being taken, I was a little disappointed that we were not going to get a picture-perfect portrait of me and my girls, but I also just had to laugh at the humor of the moment and imagine how great this picture would turn out to be. :-)

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