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I know I'm not really losing my girls but sometimes it feels that way. It seems I just got finished training the older girls. I had a few years when I could sit back, if I wanted to, and everything still got done with the house- meals and dishes done, laundry done, bread made, house cleaned...everything. Now, I did still help, usually with more organizational things or deep cleaning jobs, but I could leave home for a week and not worry about it. Then about 2 years ago Lydia got married. One big helper, and a good one, GONE. So one gone, four helpers still here, well 3 1/4 helpers here. ( Anna is in training and Elizabeth is not fully trained) Next, Grace gets engaged and is gone to SD for weeks at a time. She will be leaving permanently in June. Some friends open a coffee shop and need help so she is working there now too when she isn't in SD. Then Miriam graduates and starts teaching piano and guitar. Her schedule isn't too busy until she also starts working at the coffee shop. Of course Elizabeth wants to work at the coffee shop too. She also helps with a neighbor's kids 2 mornings a week ( she and Grace switch with helping) So it's Anna and me holding down the fort. And I am just figuring out that Anna's training is not up to par. I thought I had taught her the difference between tsp and Tbsp , guess not. What else did I leave out? We'll find out , I 'm sure. I really don't think it's fair parents spend 15-20 years training our kids and then they leave. It should be mandatory that they live with us until they are say... 30 or so. That would give us payback for the years of training we put in.  Really I am glad to see my girls grow up, meet godly young men and get married, and find jobs they enjoy. The main problem really isn't that I want them home to work and clean. I really do remember how to do that! The problem is I miss them. They are my friends and we have fun together. We enjoy being together. I miss them. |
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