Life is continuously changing and growing around us, whether we decide to embrace it and grow with it or we choose to fight it day by day. Me? I think the best thing we can do is hold on for the ride and make the best of our lives. Do the most we can for others, whether it's smiling at a stranger in the grocery store or sending an unsuspecting friend a "thinking of you card". We are only on this earth for so long. It's up to us to make a positive, lasting impression.
A big life changing moment in our home, not so ironically six months ago, is I went "back to work" outside of our home. (This might help explain the slow down of blogs on my part) Don't get me wrong, I think T and I covered the subject before: all mothers are working mothers. Inside or outside of the home. I have done both, and believe me...when I am not working, I feel like the busiest person carpooling the kids, finding new recipes to try out on the family, doing more crafty type things etc. I've asked myself, "I don't know how I would find the time to get everything done if I was working out of the home??"
Well I have recently found the answer to this. I am never completely caught up on our laundry, or have our house decorated as fancy schmancy as I would have if I were home during the week, for upcoming holidays. Believe me, I just realized today, yes TODAY, that Easter is this month and we had no decorations out!! I still do make time to try out new recipes on our family, but it's mostly on the weekends when I feel like I have more "spare time".
What working out of the home with two children and a husband to take care of means to me, is that making family time is more important. Making positive memories is more valuable, and showing those you love how you feel is not as often, but a must.
Sometimes I know I need to slow down, and really take in the moment. It might be pushing our children on their tire swing or sitting down with my husband to watch a movie. When guilt tugs at me, telling me I actually need to get the dishes done or throw a load of laundry in the dryer, often times I need to remind myself: we only have so much time in the day. What is my priority? FAMILY.
At our house, there might be more fingerprints on our sliding glass door then there used to be...but I don't want my family and friends to ever doubt how I feel about them. I certainly know I am my own harshest critic, hoping that somehow worrying about those fingerprints is going to give me an extra 4 hours a day to accomplish everything. Well it doesn't, so we sometimes need to just sit down and breathe. Make a phone call to someone you care about, or spend extra time with your family today...Believe me, in my experience those fingerprints or dirty laundry aren't going to disappear on their own. They will be waiting for you when you take the time to tackle them.
My apologies if you might have expected this blog today to be about being Seesters, or to crack you up. Selfishly, it was theraputic for me to take this past half hour and write what's been going on. To get my "mothers guilt" off of my chest, and take a few minutes to breathe...I am hoping it might allow at least one of our fans out there to read it, and to realize we are all human. We all do our best, and that life is so precious. You are not the only one being so hard on yourself, and that you can benefit from slowing down sometimes. Enjoy your life, it is a gift you were given...relax, and be in the present.
Happy Sunday!
Embrace Your Sparkle,
B
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