I think the hardest thing is that no matter what I do I can’t make my my children happy.

I try everything to entertain them:

parks, pools, swing sets, popsicles, toys, gumballs, play-dates, preschools, you name it.

It doesn’t work. They fight and they whine and they cry mommy mommy mommy. And I have a headache.

And I need just a moment to go to the bathroom by myself please.

And I don’t think I can handle this.

But my friend Christian told me something that is changing my life. She said,

It doesn’t really matter what you do. They don’t want you to do anything. They want you.

And it made me think of God.

And I am wondering if while I am so busy doing all the things I think will make Him happy, He is getting bored.

And lonely.

And if He cries Katie Katie Katie.

Maybe my children and God have a lot in common. They are both very demanding.

And I really can’t handle all of this.

But Christian made me see that I don’t have to.

Because it doesn’t really matter what I do. They don’t want me to do anything. They want me.

And when I really think about that, it’s very humbling.

And very freeing. It’s what love is all about.

And so the hardest thing is really what makes it the easiest.