Hello beautiful writing mamas,
My life is going so fast these days. I started a new gig. It is an intense, one-month experience that has me working outside the home for the month of July. I can keep my baby with me and my older two daughters are in a childcare situation I am very comfortable with.
Being away has given me some perspective on things. I feel as if I've been able to breathe a little and take a look at my life, my routines, and my parenting in a whole new light. I'm experiencing a bit of the "grass is greener" syndrome and find myself glorifying the rituals I am missing.
For example:
When I wake up, my youngest child is usually hits my chest with a tight fist. She has a milky smile and sleepy eyes and is ready to play. My two-year-old bangs on the door she shares with her sister and beckons me to open it. When I do, I see my oldest daughter, nearly five, laying in bed with her eyes closed, enjoying as much rest as she can before things get busy. The two-year-old smells slightly of nighttime pee but her sweet face and sleepy walk entice me to put her on my hip as we walk toward the kitchen.
I like two eggs, fried. Toast is good, but English muffins are better. Cold orange juice, the kind whose label reads, "Some Pulp" is my favorite but I'll take the canned stuff, too. The kids don't like eggs. The prefer pancakes or cold cereal.
Sometimes I make coffee, sometimes not. The truth is I hate grinding the beans and my husband keeps buying whole bean coffee. I've decided this is more about his forgetfulness rather than him trying to make my life difficult. Maybe I'll remember to remind him next time he shops. Probably not.
When I am old, I will remember frying eggs and flipping pancakes. I'll remember how my coffee smelled after I grinding those damn beans. I'll drink a glass of orange juice and smile, remembering these sleepy, full mornings of my children's childhood.
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Focus on your rituals. What will you remember about this time in your life? Narrow it to a brief, short space of time rather than trying to write about the whole day. How we live our life is how we spend our days. How do you live your life?
My life is going so fast these days. I started a new gig. It is an intense, one-month experience that has me working outside the home for the month of July. I can keep my baby with me and my older two daughters are in a childcare situation I am very comfortable with.
Being away has given me some perspective on things. I feel as if I've been able to breathe a little and take a look at my life, my routines, and my parenting in a whole new light. I'm experiencing a bit of the "grass is greener" syndrome and find myself glorifying the rituals I am missing.
For example:
When I wake up, my youngest child is usually hits my chest with a tight fist. She has a milky smile and sleepy eyes and is ready to play. My two-year-old bangs on the door she shares with her sister and beckons me to open it. When I do, I see my oldest daughter, nearly five, laying in bed with her eyes closed, enjoying as much rest as she can before things get busy. The two-year-old smells slightly of nighttime pee but her sweet face and sleepy walk entice me to put her on my hip as we walk toward the kitchen.
I like two eggs, fried. Toast is good, but English muffins are better. Cold orange juice, the kind whose label reads, "Some Pulp" is my favorite but I'll take the canned stuff, too. The kids don't like eggs. The prefer pancakes or cold cereal.
Sometimes I make coffee, sometimes not. The truth is I hate grinding the beans and my husband keeps buying whole bean coffee. I've decided this is more about his forgetfulness rather than him trying to make my life difficult. Maybe I'll remember to remind him next time he shops. Probably not.
When I am old, I will remember frying eggs and flipping pancakes. I'll remember how my coffee smelled after I grinding those damn beans. I'll drink a glass of orange juice and smile, remembering these sleepy, full mornings of my children's childhood.
***
Focus on your rituals. What will you remember about this time in your life? Narrow it to a brief, short space of time rather than trying to write about the whole day. How we live our life is how we spend our days. How do you live your life?
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