Sacrifice=Mom

The definition of sacrifice is: "Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim." So I am just coming off of a night full of sacrifice. Around 2:00 am I hear Sadie yelling ow and Brad and I run into her room to find throw up everywhere.(I will try not to make this too graphic cause I don't think my stomach can even take the memory right now.) This kid has never thrown up in her 3 and 1/2 year old life so she was pretty shocked by this occurence. Well here are the stats for the night- 4 sheet changes- 3 blankets soiled- 1 Abner(her toy cat) ruined beyond repair- 1 can of sprite- two rolls of toilet paper- 2 baths- and 5 hours of lost sleep. And all totally worth it I might add. Brad helped with the clean up, but he did admit that he couldn't do the sitting up with her all night and holding her hair back like I could- so back to bed he went. I don't know if this was his sneaky way of getting to go back to sleep- or if he just knows that I could comfort her better in this circumstance than he could. I prefer to think it was the second one. Anyway- I just kept having the thought all night that I could and would do anything for my kids/husband-even if it was tuff- I would somehow make it through because they are definitely "of greater value or claim"than anything else I have or could ever have(including sleep). The big question is when does this doing things for your kids stop? When they can go to the bathroom unattened- when they move out of the house? Here is my answer to that. My mom was here visiting this last week and on a shopping outing I had a little mishap involving opened toed shoes and a door tearing my toe nail off- and who do you think talked me down and bandaged up my bloody toe right there in front of Kohls- yep- my Mom. I am almost 27 years old with two kids of my own- but my mom was still on duty and took care of me just as if I was that 3 and 1/2 year old barfing for the first time. Thank goodness for moms and their willingness to sacrifice. That is all I have to say.