Suga Mama on life with Chocolate Droplets
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Aug. 5, 2006
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Looking through the trees
Saturdays
are always big let downs for me. Its not Saturday's fault, its mine. I
always have these high hopes for Saturday, like cleaning the whole
house, that never get done.
I actually planned only 3 very realistic things for today. Give a child
an enema (long story), finish laundry for the week and destroy the dust
bunny family residing in my bedroom under the air conditioner.(Sorry
dust bunnies, nothing personal) I could have done these 3 things
if it were not for two reasons. My 11 month old and a serious case of
sleep deprivation because of the 11 month old.
We did manage to give the enema, that had to happen. The laundry is not
finished and its 11:49 pm and the dust bunnies get away yet again.
Needless to say I was very frustrated! I was so sleepy that I probably
wasted some time walking around in circles. Finally, when I realized I
was going no where fast, I decided to give up and join the kids. We
went out side and laid down on a blanket.
There are few things in life that are as simple and satisfying as lying
on your back on a warm summer day (with little to no humidity) and
gazing up through the trees at the perfect blue sky! The only thing
that made it even better was doing it with all my kiddos. It was soooo
cute! All our heads lined up on the blanket next to each other,
pointing out the dead branches on the trees, waving at the airplane
that flys by and praying no bird poop falls into our eyes!
At that moment, I realized how trivial my frustrations were. Yes, they
are valid and important to me, but at that moment I realized that
somewhere in the world, a mother cannot lay on a blanket outside her
home with her children. Instead of counting birds, they would be
counting bombs and missles. Running after fireflies would turn into
running away from gun fire.
Too many times, I take my life here in America for granted. Well, not tonight.
Thank You God
for the blessing of looking through the trees
and being able to do so
in peace.
How ever You see fit
to bring peace, bring it.
In the mean time, use me
as your servant to
serve those in need
because of war in their homeland.
Help me to be a better keeper of
my home
and
thank You
for the lessons learned while
lying on my back
on a blanket.
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