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The older I get, the more I see just how right the 'older folkes' were when they said that time goes faster the older you get. My oldest son turned 20 today! I can't believe it! Where did the time go? Just last week he was a toddler begging for me to read 'one more book.' Actually this post is being written to me and anyone else who needs to be reminded. Time does fly and we often miss out on opportunities to enjoy our children. I am not an organized person but I have frequently put off doing fun, creative, character building activities to get the housework done. The ironic thing is that the housework is never done and therefore we rarely do the things we all want to do. I hear myself saying the same thing to the younger children that I said to the oldest, "Let's get the house decluttered and clean so we can do or go...: You'd think I'd have figured it out by now! I am going to commit to having the children help me gets things tidy in the living areas every day and going for walks, 'doing art', making mudpies, or whatever comes up every day! Yes, reading and writing are important, as is housework, but if I spend all of my time focusing on those and neglect building actual relationships with my children, I've wasted my time! Soon enough the children will be grown and gone and Megablocks and crayons won't be scattered everywhere. All of their stuff will be cluttering their own homes and my house can be tidy. I want my children to look back on their childhood and say, "Do you remember how we used to play matchbox cars with Mama out in the back yard and do all sorts of fun things with her?" At this point, they would probably only say, "Mama always fusses because the house is a wreck and she never has time do to stuff with us." How sad! May God bless my efforts to win their hearts! |
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