How to Survive Life in the Suburbs

What’s In A Day

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IMG_5132I didn’t get the laundry done.

The coffee went cold.

Posts were not written.

Floors are still dirty.

Groceries were not purchased.

Dinner will be take out.  Again.

Phone calls were not returned.

Even the bed didn’t get made.

But….

Was I frustrated? Annoyed? Upset?  Was this day a total loss??

No.

I did see my girl play volleyball.

Managed to squeeze in a movie with some very important people.

We baked a cake.

We ate the cake.

We ate dinner together as a family.  A minor miracle in the suburbs.

Even had a good chat and a driving lesson.

So this day that I thought was lost, really wasn’t.  What could be better then time with your family.  Really listening, making sure they know they were heard, loved cherished.  The clutter will still be there tomorrow, the groceries can be purchased another day, the phone calls, the work, the world…it can simply wait.

 

 

 

    • Comments

    1. I will often find myself stressing about what I need to do and what I didn’t get done. But, when my kids ask me to read a book or play with them, those worries and regrets tend to fly out the window.

    4. Now that it’s just me and my daughter, we eat tighter every night. I really enjoy her company,

    5. My mom used to say that nobody was well remembered for having had the cleanest house in town. Not that our house was a mess, but with 5 kids… we had a lot of fun, too.

    12. My mom always said “life is too short to worry about a dirty fridge” this was after my dad passed away at age 48, and it’s true she passed away 3 up years later.

    14. That’s the right attitude! I always told my daughters when they had children that good mums have dirty floors but happy children and it is so very true 🙂