Staying the course

I see it has been a while since I last posted. Not that there hasn't been anything new to add. More like finding the time has been rather difficult. The past 3 months have included a lot of packing, cleaning, moving, unpacking, cleaning..... The trip from Fort Lauderdale to Oxford was quite the adventure. In May we celebrated 8 years of marriage and in those 8 years we have moved 11 times. That is a lot of moving and now with 3 kids it has gotten harder to accomplish all the tasks involved with moving. I believe this was one of the harder moves as we were moving with 3 small kids across 4 states in 2 days with a caravan of a minivan, small car, and a very large moving truck! All in all, it was a great trip and now here we are.
So this past week has consisted of potty training my sweet 21 month old daughter which is progressing slow and steady. This is my second time with the whole potty training routine and as I should have imagined, much different then the first time around. There really is no need to elaborate as comparing children is like comparing apples to bananas. No two are alike. Despite the temptation, it really is pointless. Im reminding myself that more times than not, this whole mom role is more about me being refined then it is about whatever it is that is going on at the time. For example, potty training. Why would I think that because my first born trained in 3 days, it would be the same this time? I have been tempted to quit a few times now over the course of this week. Comparing my 2 experiences and their differences has challenged me to stay the course. My life would be a lot easier to throw a diaper back on her and carry on but I'm reminded to keep my eye on the big picture.