I feel like one minute I'm waking up and the next thing I know I getting the kids ready for bed?! Where does the day go? Is my life literally flashing before my eyes? Sometimes it seems like hours go by unaccounted for. I want my days back! I get up, get everything in order for the kids , get them fed, dressed and ready for school, give myself 15 minutes to look like I didn't crawl out from under a rock and dash out the door. Next thing I know it's 3pm and I've only gotten through half of what I needed to get done and it's time to think about homework, dinner and bed again.
The pace of my life and the lives of many others seems way too fast, where's the time to stop and ask someone how their day is going (oh it's going, going gone!) or to just connect on any level? I used to drive myself mad always trying to make sure everything got done everyday. Impossible! I had to decide what was really important and what could wait for another day, after school and into the evening needed to belong to my family, not me going into "maid mode" or sitting in front of the computer doing work. I needed to let go of the idea that a clean, orderly house equaled a great wife and mom, because it doesn't. On a crazier note, sometimes I just want to sit and read a book or watch a tv show while the kids play before bed and have a little down time for myself. It's important to shorten your "to do" list and lengthen your "to be" list.
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