Saturday, July 21, 2012

Home is a stage

This week I was stressed out. What else is new?
I was trying to feed the missionaries, attend scout camp, host play group, make healthy diet worthy dinners, clean my house, make jam...etc.
James wanted to play catch with me. I didn't have time. And I was annoyed he was interrupting me and asking.
Lame, I know.
A day went by that I barely took one minute to talk to and enjoy him or my squealing baby (yes did I mention baby Dave lets out a high pitched squeal all day long to entertain himself these days? Very pleasant).
Then I remembered. Jam is for kids. Dinner is for family. Clean houses are for playing in. All the things I was stressing out over are not my goals. They are the setting. They make up the stage and props with which our family life happens. They are what should be the pleasant background to what is actually important. They are not worth stressing out over.
Now if I can just remember that the next time my floor is sticky and sink is overflowing ;)