The Last Monday of Summer
I woke up so happy this morning, with a prayer on my lips.
Today will be a detail day. I have stuff to do around the house and yard, make a deposit, buy toilet paper. But nothing that I Must Do. Mowing the lawn is the closest thing to an obligation that I have. That makes me happy.
We girls at bible study have been talking about what Celise calls "squishability." That is a wonderful word for the ability to squish loads of activity into a day. It barely dawned on us to pray for less to do rather than for more squishability.
Less to do would be a wonderful thing.
The single most difficult thing about being a single mom is having to do everything. I have to parent the kids, take care of the house, pay the bills, deal with the yard, the car, the shopping, maintain relationships. I manage to do a little bit of everything, but I do nothing well.
Hey! I do Nothing, and I do it Well!
That's some consolation.
Perhaps I should embrace that.
...But then who would buy toilet paper?
3 comments:
I have a little list of things I need to do today, but I'm crampy and tired and I just want to lay on the couch and watch my kids play.
Darn.
I think you should have M. mow the lawn.
Of course M' mowed the lawn! But I needed to motivate and supervise!
Being a single mom does create a LOT of extra stuff that must be done, but I find that a lot of the stuff that everyone lumps into the "MUST" category really should go into the "MIGHT" category. I spend a lot of my life making sure I'm paring down my activity list to try to stay more attentive to Life.
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