If I knew the ending before I started, it would change the way I feel about what I have to do. I’m sure I would run with more gusto, whistle with each step. I would already know all the pitfalls and how I would rise from them. What would change if I already knew what happened tomorrow? I suppose it would have made my last few days better.
Zig Ziglar said that motivation was like taking a bath, you need it daily. Yeah, I can understand that.
This is what happens when Dad gives them a bath.
Sheer panic, as I frantically look for her pacifier. I’m running late.
She is impatiently demanding and you feel the pressure build, knowing the tantrum will only worsen if this paci is not found. I have checked my purse, crawled in to search the floor, felt under her bottom, patted under the car seat, back to the purse…no luck. So I step back and reassess. I’m frustrated, “I just had it!”. In my hand, is my car keys and sunglasses. I check my pockets again, front and back. All the while continuing to scan around the car seat certain I overlooked it.
Exasperated, I give up, knowing it will be an intolerable ride. “I’ve got to go!” Get in the drivers seat, put down my phone and sunglasses, remove the keys from my fingers only to notice there is still something dangling.
Five minutes of precious time wasted, an abundance of adrenaline pumped into my system, an overall annoyance in my words with my daughter and it was on my ring finger the whole time.
Looking for something I had all along. This is the story of my life. Continue reading
Yes, that’s right. I said, Ugh!
Boys built a bridge to the rock out back. Good for the soul.
Work, be still, work, rest, sleep (enough but not too much), exercise, work, celebrate, be merry and work. Yes, its all in there. In between Genesis to Revelation, its all in there. Do it all. (Thankfully, so is drinking wine but its best to limit that to the celebrating and being merry part.)
Doing it ALL in the correct proportions is the hard part. That’s why I Ugh!
The Life Wife 