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Have you ever been defeated by socks? Or even piles of dirty laundry? Dirty dishes in your sink? What about bits and pieces of toys, scrapbooking materials, or (this one hurts!) legoes laying all over the floor? Is your desk so messy you can't even think about school????? For me, at this moment, the socks have me in a corner up against the wall. And about to climb it! You see, yesterday afternoon my kids decided to go play outside. Bluesky came in with wet feet, threw his socks onto the pile of boots by the door, and began searching for new ones to cover his red, clammy feet. Alas, the socks had picked that moment to revolt and not a single one was recovered. (Now, before all you Southerners begin to balk at this battle, remember, we are up NORTH. It has been below 0 almost consistently this week so going sockless is NOT an option!) I decided to assist my son in his sock relocation program. We began digging furiously through the baskets of clean laundry, badly in need of folding, in the living room. Not one sock showed its little head. Hmmm........... I took the hunt upstairs (known to those who are closest to our family as THE KID ZONE) sure laundry had found its way magically up the stairs, folded itself, and gone to sleep wearily in the proper dresser drawers. I was mistaken. Not only were no socks to be found but many drawers were completely bare!!!!! Son and I resigned to defeat and he put on his cozy acorn slippers. Fast forward to today, the sock battle had long since been forgotten. (Mostly because I don't do laundry at night!) As children scurried to get ready to attend gym, I was So where are the rebels now? Well, I was able to pull together a covert operation. We successfully eradicated some from their hiding places.......... But we have evidence there are many more still out there, watching us, waiting for another chance to attack when we least expect it. Morale in our company has improved as we finally moved the captured socks from the washer to the dryer. (Have you ever seen a load of JUST socks??!!) As soon as they are ready to submit to our authority, we will be placing them on our feet and heading to the health food store. Our only hope is tobe able to locate 6 matching pairs in 6 different sizes! (JUST FYI- I have started my own secret spy organization to infiltrate the rebel socks. Somehow, though most of our other clothing, bedding and towels ended up getting washed yesterday, the socks were able to escape capture until this morning. I've got a really uncomfortable pair of nylons hanging out in one of the drawers they are known to occupy. I'll keep you posted............) But on a serious note, I've noticed that when my house is chaotic and out of control, other things in my life seem to follow suit. It seems I can't think clearly in a messy house. Now, I'm not saying things need to be perfect BUT when I can't see the computer screen because webkinz are blocking the way or we have no clean socks, something is really out of balance. I know I haven't been home much this week. And I even have plans to escape my home today. But if I don't want to be here, maybe my kids don't either..... Maybe they are affected- not by the mess- but by the lack of comfort my house provides when the mess of life gets the better of my motivation. Somedays, I just let too many things go and then, voila! I am overwhelmed and just want to escape the mess. Sometimes, we do too many outside activies, we visit and shop too much. Our house becomes a drop off, giant CLOSET not a cozy home where family memories are made, where relationships and learning are allowed to flourish. There has to be a fine line drawn between chaos and comfort. Everyone knows their own level of tolerance for each. My prayer today is that we all find that line for our families. So love and mercy and faithfulness can be practiced and chaos is not allowed to reign. |
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