Something I wrote
If things could only be exactly the way we want them?
I don’t really thing I want that much in life. I just want a peaceful life with little bits of excitement here and there. Something like a plain doughnut with just a thin layer of chocolate frosting and a sprinkle of nuts on top. I want to eat off of real glass plates and have the time and energy to wash them. I want the wind to only blow hard on days that I don’t have to go outside. I want my family to have time to pop in occasionally for a cup of coffee or hot tea. Of course I want the house spick and span and some lovely smelling treat baking in the oven when they come. I want the older children to always remember their chores with prompt cheerfulness and to chip in a little extra every day. I want the little ones to always play quietly and peacefully in the house and use all their extra energy outside in constructive play, rather than running 110mph inside scattering toys like a hurricane and them finding paint outside to decorate the house or baptizing the kittens in the stock tank…
I want to always be a few minutes early for everything, looking my best with the children all in coordinating outfits and smiles.
I want to never have to remind my husband of anything and I want to always feel like I’m his most cherished love.
I want a self cleaning toilet that never gets plugged up (that’s self-cleaning, inside and out!). As a matter-of-a-fact, I’d like the tub and sink that way too!
I want to be able to have a dozen or so babies 2 or 3 years apart and never have a contraction until about 39 weeks and just pop a healthy baby out after less than 6 hours of handle-able labor, and to have had enough energy through the pregnancy to have 6 weeks worth of yummy food in the freezer so I can rest and enjoy the new little one with my family.
Well… I guess we can’t always have everything we want, realistic or not, so I’ll just be thankful for; the peaceful moments, the gentle breezes, the few visits we receive, the spurts of energy that help me keep the house tolerably clean, the energetic young’ns and the fact that the whole house will get new siding one of these days, kittens are resilient creatures, better late than never and most of our friends don’t care if we have the stains on our clothes and leftovers on little cheeks… Thankful for a hubby who provides well and makes a real effort to be with us as much as he can, the toilet plunger, brush and bleach, for shower curtains to cover the tub…, and for the opportunity to have had 6 beautiful babies that eventually grow into children that sometimes remember to clean up after an experiment in the kitchen.
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