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Wednesday 5 February 2014

Parenting and The 7 Deadly Sins

Children can be your eternal salvation....

Pride: No sooner will the words 'oh my baby sleeps all night' have left your mouth than you beautiful little cherub will teach you that pride does in fact come before a fall. They will reinforce this lesson by waking every night for 2 years. 

Envy: Yes you may look at people who have no children and feel a twinge of envy for their 'carefree' life, you may even look at older retired people and for a moment envy the unbelievable luxury of all that time to themselves...but one giant, massive snuggle from a tiny munchkin is all that's needed to banish Envy.

Greed: Children have an amazing ability to show us what truly matters, to show us what we need as opposed to what we want. Worldly goods are no longer the goal.....children reinforce this message by systematically destroying any goods of value we already possess, and due to the eye watering expensive of raising children the oppertunity to replace them has been removed.....Greed be gone.

Sloth: That most awful affliction of lazing about, sleeping in, taking a break....children will ensure you will never have a sleep in again, they will peel you out of the bed at an unearthly hour using either a deafening cry or brute force...any notion that you might have a chance to sit during the day will be scuppered by well timed exploding nappies, sudden hunger pangs or a need for Mummy to 'come see this NOW'....
Sloth....not in this life!!

Gluttony: Children's method of saving you from gluttony vary with age but have the same desired results...babies will ensure that as soon as you lift a forkful of your much longed for food to your mouth they will wake screaming from what was previously a peaceful sleep. As they grow this changes to knocking your plate of the table, incessant whinging as you try eat, well timed projectile vomiting and their most effective method...taking and eating at least half of what's on your plate.....
Gluttony.....in your dreams

Lust: I laughed even as I typed the word...if you can, through the sleep deprived fog that most parents live in, contemplate a night ( or even 20mins!!) of bedroom activity...some,or all, of the following will happen; baby will suddenly develop a dangerously high temperature, this may be accompanied by vomiting, toddler will lose his soother and scream for someone to find it, slightly older child will have a nightmare that requires you check every wardrobe and under the bed to make sure the monster is gone, eldest child will arrive unannounced in your room a scream at daddy to 'stop squashing Mummy'.
Lust.....don't even think about it!

Wrath: If any, or all,of the above a leaving you with feelings of uncontrollable rage then step into you darling child's room when they are asleep ( they do actually sleep sometimes), look at their beautiful sleep flushed faces, listen to their gentle breathing and be absorbed by the miracle that is children....
Wrath....you never stood a chance.

And therein lies your salvation.


8 comments:

  1. Very funny! And so very very true!!!!

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    1. Thank you Emily, different families but pretty much the same antics!!

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  2. Wonderful - LOVE IT. Yes, so true. And well done for knowing all seven sins! I always forget one or two

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    1. Thank you, I actually have to thank Brad Pitt and Google more than any bible study for remembering them!!! Maybe Brad would be interested in a more family orientated film version of Seven?? LOL

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