Patience…..

Patience..it is the word of the second, minute, hour, day, month.  I think it is a word that will be my mantra for a long time.  I’ve always wanted to have more patience..and I’m being forced to…immediately.  One baby required a bit of patience..and two babies require a lot of it!  For me and for them.  Being a twin means automatically learning about patience.  I only have two hands and can only change a diaper so quickly, nurse a baby for so long, rock a baby so slowly…until the next one cries and needs the same thing.  I try to hold them at the same time, nurse them at the same time, comfort them at the same time..but it never seems to quite work.  Yet, when I’m giving attention to one and the other is demanding the same attention..it is so difficult.  I am learning patience and they are learning patience.  But it isn’t easy and there are many bumps in the road.  Especially when I am so sleep deprived.  Okay, let me restate that..our whole family is learning the meaning of patience.  It is definitely an acquired skill……a sought after trait, a craft to be honed…and the more patience I have..the better mother I will be……I’m learning….I’m learning…..little by little….