Tenderhearted Parenting

What I desire to have.  A gentle spirit.  A quiet home.  Not quiet in the sense of no noise, but quiet in the sense of strife.  I have been feeling terribly convicted about my attitude as a mother and the way I interact with my boys.  How often my responses are simply out of an exhausted core that wants to run away from the demands of her family.  I've read this before and so I'm reading it again because there are many nuggets of wisdom here for parents.  I'm praying for a heart that beats for her home.