Embracing Interruptions

So often I find myself thinking

Of how much I could accomplish

If it weren't for all of the interruptions.

A life free of interruptions.

How selfish.

It is His voice that calls me

Through those little voices.

His eyes that look at me through theirs;

Through tears, through smiles.

He calls, He watches.

He interrupts to remind me

That it is not all about me.

It is not all about what I want to do each day.

And in each interruption,

He gives me a priceless opportunity.

To teach.

To console.

To love.

I want to learn to truly embrace each interruption.

To see each one for the treasure it really is.

For I suspect that it is during all of these interruptions

That I am most truly living my vocation of motherhood.