I Don't Have Time For.....

    I am notorious for beginning a sentence with, "I don't have enough time for..."
     I do this to myself. I am a mess. I like a lot of things in this life. I am passionate about so many things and so many people.
     I often find myself re-assessing my priorities to make time for the things that are truly important to me, rather than the things that simply find their way in to fill up my time.
    So, here I am again. The stakes are pretty high. I am juggling.
    Okay, let's be real. It feels like I am learning to juggle and my instructor just handed me six raw eggs. All right, I feel like I am learning to juggle six raw eggs while standing on a table supported by a pinpoint.
     Don't wobble. Don't try to balance. Don't move.

      So, you get the idea. Or maybe you are happily interpreting something else from my really terrible drawing skills. Don't judge me. I'm not an artist.
      Today, I am issuing a decree. Picture me as the roll of Delores Umbridge nailing a new rule to the wall. (J.K. Rowling Harry Potter Reference)

Proclamation:

This family shall not be available

for anyone else on Fridays.

This family shall have

suitable activities

together.

    It sounds incredibly selfish and even a little ridiculous right? Well, sometimes, this is what it takes.

     While he is home with us. We need to take one day each week to claim as our own. Okay, to be honest, due to previous commitments it will begin in the afternoon, but you get the idea. We need to make sure that we are really together doing something and not in a hurry to complete a "family" task and get it over with.

     This is where I step in again.

     All activities must be scanned by the mom filter.

     For instance, we are Zoo members. This Friday, the weather is supposed to be fantastic. I have already checked into wheelchair rentals in case he tires easily. This Friday, we shall wander the zoo, take pictures of whatever we like and then we will come home and create a virtual album with comments from each person about the day.

     Personally, I think I might be a genius. This we can do together. This we can all save as a GOOD memory.

     We need good memories. We need as many of them as we can collect. We also need to revisit older memories.

     We need this to make the table less wobbly.

      I need this. I need to feel a little more secure about moving an inch on my balanced table with my eggs.

     No matter how many Fridays we have, for now, each and every one will help to glue us together. This will give us an opportunity to laugh together just a little more.

    

   

    
    

    

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