Wednesday, September 9, 2009
If there's one thing parenthood has helped me learn (and trust me, there is WAY more than one thing I've learned) it's to take the time to enjoy my family. I tend towards the anal, always-have-to-be-doing-something-productive end of the spectrum (some might say I am solidly anchoring that end of the spectrum). But over the last 10+ months, motherhood has taught me that it's okay to relax on a Saturday morning and just leisurely enjoy my family. I don't have to clean the house first or get Erich to mow the lawn. We can just relax, enjoy Soren, enjoy breakfast, enjoy one another's company. And that's OKAY. In fact, it's good. I'm pretty good at doing that in the summer when we're at the cabin and away from the sight of all the housework that needs to be done. So hopefully I can take that with me into the fall and winter months. Of course, the house needs to be cleaned and the lawn mowed. Weeds pulled or snow shoveled. But these days of parenting a young child are limited and it's important to enjoy them, to take the time to be relaxed together as a family and have fun together. I only wish I'd learned this lesson better as a newlywed.
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