Thankful #21 Patience

We left for my parent's home today. I had to take Danielle to the doctor at 8am to get her stitches removed from her foot. Run home and get all the laundry completed and put away so that we could pack. Taneal and Camie can pack for themselves after I write down a list. They do pretty good. But that leaves me packing for 4 others and myself. I was ready by 2, the time Evan and I had agreed we would leave. I had the car packed. Food ready. Bellies full. I was ready.

Evan got home at 5. The house was no longer clean. Bellies were hungry again. Gavin had taken his nap.

Patience.

We head out around 5:45. It was basically dark and I do not like to drive in the dark.

We decided to take a different route than normal and that was a mistake. We hit traffic that added about 2 hours onto the already 5 hour drive. The kids did well, but were tired of being in the car after about 2 hours. Adding to that was torture. We didn't get to my parents until around midnight. I was exhausted from the few days prior.

A few years ago I would have felt like screaming, crying, loosing it. But not today. I was tired for sure. But calm. Because  what could I have done to fix the situation? Not really anything that would have been productive. I guess I have picked up patience over the years.