So, I tend to do many things at once...which I call "multi-tasking" and, yes, I am a busy-body. Not only do I work from 9-3 (only for one & 1/2 more months~tee-hee), but I am also the PTO Secretary at our school, I head up our church's Kidz Ministry Worship Leaders (schedules, songs, interviewing, training--the whole bit), I am the one that does the grocery shopping, schedules the doctors appointments, pays the bills, organizes the class parties & chaperones the class field trips, goes through the hundreds of papers sent home from school every week, etc--I could go on for a while. Well, the bad thing about multi-tasking is that you are not providing your full attention to one thing, but rather to many things. I think I may be multi-tasking too much these days...
My DD, Hannah, has taken up songwriting these last few weeks and I came across one of the songs she is currently working on. It was so non-chalant. Hannah hadn't even finished it or told me she wanted to show me what she had so far or anything. It all happened when I was tucking her in bed and saw the notebook by her nightstand. I asked her what it was, she said it was the song she was working on, I asked her if I could read it, and here is what I read:
"Every day, I want to see your face right in front of me
But I never get to see it because
You're always doing stuff like filling out papers, talking, and all that business stuff
Just quit
You have enough money
You have enough stuff
You have enough papers
So why don't you quit"
So, that was it! I started tearing up immediately. I asked her if she felt like I was too busy all the time and not spending enough time with her. She said that I spent enough time with her, but she was just writing down her feelings. I think she was trying not to hurt my feelings because she is just sweet & kind like that. WOW, if this wasn't a wake-up call, then I don't know what is.
This is just another reason I am SO GLAD to be staying home soon. I will be able to fill out all my papers, talk, and do all that business stuff during the day now & have more FOCUSED time for my family at night!!! I just want to thank God for this wake-up call and blessing us with the ability to do something about it. Yes, we will have to make sacrifices, but God will provide and it will be SO worth it!!!
My DD, Hannah, has taken up songwriting these last few weeks and I came across one of the songs she is currently working on. It was so non-chalant. Hannah hadn't even finished it or told me she wanted to show me what she had so far or anything. It all happened when I was tucking her in bed and saw the notebook by her nightstand. I asked her what it was, she said it was the song she was working on, I asked her if I could read it, and here is what I read:
"Every day, I want to see your face right in front of me
But I never get to see it because
You're always doing stuff like filling out papers, talking, and all that business stuff
Just quit
You have enough money
You have enough stuff
You have enough papers
So why don't you quit"
So, that was it! I started tearing up immediately. I asked her if she felt like I was too busy all the time and not spending enough time with her. She said that I spent enough time with her, but she was just writing down her feelings. I think she was trying not to hurt my feelings because she is just sweet & kind like that. WOW, if this wasn't a wake-up call, then I don't know what is.
This is just another reason I am SO GLAD to be staying home soon. I will be able to fill out all my papers, talk, and do all that business stuff during the day now & have more FOCUSED time for my family at night!!! I just want to thank God for this wake-up call and blessing us with the ability to do something about it. Yes, we will have to make sacrifices, but God will provide and it will be SO worth it!!!
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