Yes,
Someday I probably will get my dishes washed every day.
One day there will be no more sticks lying all over the house.
One day there will hardly be a mess on the floor to clean except the ones I make.
One day my laundry will be done on time. In fact, one day there will be no more diapers to wash!
I will be able to nap with no interruptions.
Have coffee with my husband in the early mornings.
Have a clean floor...
Time for a cup of tea anytime.
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Sounds wonderful, right?
But,
I have been thinking...
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There will be no more snuggle time with my baby, smelling that sweet baby smell, hearing those precious coos, seeing those bright big smiles...
No more little hands lovingly bringing me a bunch of wildflowers
No napping with my toddler and hearing his childish dreams and imaginations.
No more kisses on my cheek at night.
No more lovely songs played on the old piano by my oldest daughter.
No one to ask me to read them a story.
No pitter patter of little feet running...
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No,
I am not really looking forward to those years ahead when all our children are grown up and out of the house. It is true that I get desperate at times to have a clean house again and more time for tea, but I also realized something. It is more special when the house is clean occasionally. Having your favorite meal every day makes it boring. I wonder if a constantly clean house would become a little boring too after a while? A cup of tea is also a bigger treat when not had too often.
I am enjoying these days. They certainly are the best there are. I cannot imagine life getting any better, any more fulfilling.
(So, you might wonder how I can still update my blog when I am so busy? That is one of the pluses of having a baby that needs lots of attention. I have the computer in my bed, and the baby and Timothy beside me. I am able to do two things at once this way, and I am really loving it!.)
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Ps 118:24
I Took His Hand and
Followed
My dishes went
unwashed today,
I didn't make the
bed,
I took his hand and
followed
Where his eager
footsteps led.
Oh yes, we went
adventuring,
My little son and
I...
Exploring all the
great outdoors
Beneath the summer
sky
We waded in a crystal
stream,
We wandered through a
wood...
My kitchen wasn't
swept today
But life was gay and
good.
We found a cool,
sun-dappled glade
And now my small son
knows
How Mother Bunny
hides her nest,
Where jack-in-the-pulpit
grows.
We watched a robin
feed her young,
We climbed a sunlit
hill...
Saw cloud-sheep
scamper through the sky,
We plucked a
daffodil.
That my house was
neglected,
That I didn't brush
the stairs,
In twenty years, no
one on earth
Will know, or even
care.
But that I've helped
my little boy
To noble manhood
grow,
In twenty years, the
whole wide world
May look and see and
know.
Mrs. Roy L. Peifer
