One of those days

I have had a day where every call I placed ended in a negative response. It gets a little discouraging. Here I am all gung ho to get out there and do some good and it just seems like nobody else wants to cooperate. So I sit here with my computer, my husband downstairs watching Jay Leno on TV, and I wonder... what do people DO all the time? Something is keeping us busy, tied up, occupied, and otherwise engaged. At least that is what everyone told me today. "I'm sorry I am just otherwise engaged..." I have 3 children who are small and very busy. My day begins at 5:45am when I wake to do my ritual 3 mile walk with my neighbor. Upon arrival at home I retrieve the Wall Steeet Journal, water the flowers in front of the house, go inside and start breakfast. (I know you are thinking - gross, you don't shower... I am being honest here...it is not top priority in my life). At that point the three princesses are released from their towers and I go up to make sure plaid pants aren't worn with flowery shirts, and that everyone has clean panties on. We get the clothes on and the mass exodus happens, with everyone carefully holding onto the railing as we go down the stairs (Of course we all hold the rail - what kind of mother do you think I am?). Downstairs the princesses climb up into their thrones, and I prepare the regular breakfast of oatmeal with some kind of fruit in it, sweetness, and creaminess. We all eat together. At that point my husband joins us to say his goodbyes and shuttle off to work. The girls clean up breakfast, I throw laundry loads into the washer and dryer, then we head up the stairs to our loft where we do school. (We are homeschoolers and I am doing small amounts of school in the summer, just to get a little bit ahead of the game.) We work on school together (3rd grade, kindergarten, and preschool all at the same table) then about 11 am head down and I do lunch prep. Just before that I throw a load in the washer and dryer, and haul the clean load over to the couch to fold...

You are getting the idea here. I keep busy all day long. And somehow I am able to teach Sunday school, lead a childcare program for preschoolers, be involved in Bible Study, and still maintain a marriage and a reasonable amount of sanity. So what do other people do with their time?

I am just praying we have the volunteers we need to care for the children, hold the babies, love the toddlers, and assure those mommies that we can do it with a measure of grace and tenderness that they can trust.