Giving All You've Got

I spend much of my life feeling like a failure at being a wife, mom, employee, sister, daughter, friend and Christian. I am very hard on myself. It is ugly! I never feel like I am accomplishing even half of what others do. There is some validity to this, as I am a terrible procrastinator. But many times, life is just too hectic and there is not enough time. So I was surprised when it hit me today after five horrific days of my husband being out of town, being very behind on work, dealing with a sick baby, a migraine size headache and then getting the bug myself that I don't even feel guilty that we stayed in our PJs all day yesterday, that my child only had one bath, that I only showered twice since my husband left, I was just finally returning movies from a week ago to Red box and that I am completely out of toilet paper. I realized that I had no guilt, because over the last few days I have given all I had and it had to be good enough. I loved on my baby, I made sure my husband knew he was loved, I apologized to my parents for infecting them with the virus, and I took care of Lane's basic needs. Sure I didn't read, teach, clean and organize my life, but it doesn't matter, because I literally gave ALL I had. So what if at the end of the day, instead of looking at all I haven't accomplished, I look at what I did and then, if I know I gave all I had, I cut myself some slack. What a relief that would be, and I bet I would sleep much better too.