It's been a while since I've blogged. It's been a while since I've
sat in silence long enough to blog. It's been a while since I've slowed
down enough to sit in silence and blog. Life is busy these days. Busy
in a great way for the most part. Busy is fine when it's cooking and
feeding my family because they are healthy and hungry. Busy is fine
when it's doing the laundry because my family is healthy and active.
Busy is fine when it's changing diapers, chasing kids, wiping noses,
playing games together, giving baths, brushing teeth, reading stories,
and just spending time doing the little mommy things that I do every
day. But lately it's been more than that. Lately it's been on the go
all the time and rushing from place to place. My girls are little.
Since when did children 3 and 4 years of age need to be involved in
multiple activities and sports?? When I was young I don't even think
such activities as gymnastics, t-ball, soccer, music lessons, and
cheerleading were options for children so young. Now mothers feel
pressure to have their children involved in several of these all at the
same time. Really? What is it that our children need most? Us.
Home. Children want nothing more than time with Mom and Dad. Time to
be a kid and enjoy free play. They don't want us spending hundreds of
dollars on activities and hours of time in the car traveling from place
to place. They want us to slow down and take the time to enjoy family
time and just be present. I feel the need to SLOW down, enjoy my
family, enjoy my babies (while they're still babies) and stop trying to
squeeze a lifetime of experiences in before the age of 10.
This
was short and sweet. I have so much more to say on the topic but this
is a good place to start after months away from blogging.
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