This week was a particularly difficult one for me. L struggled to take good naps and he wanted my undivided attention when he was awake. I am thankful that usually he does a great job playing by himself, which means I get more work done. (Wow, I just reread that sentence and it makes me sound like a terrible mom!)
There was one moment this week when I was about to crack and so I sent an instant message to my wonderful husband explaining everything to him and asking him to pray for me. He responded with telling me that I am an AWESOME MOM and that L is just fine. I told him that L might be fine but that doesn't mean that I am fine.
Making the decision to answer emails and put proposals together instead of playing with L is not one that I enjoy making, but one that I have to make daily.
I share all of this knowing that even if I didn't have an "8 to 5" job that required me to be in front of (or at least near) my computer for most of the day that I would still struggle with having things to do besides playing with and training L. I would have a long "to do" list of all the chores and projects I would hope to get accomplished every day.
Whether you are doing "work" for an employer, your family, yourself, your church or whoever, you face the dilemma every hour of every day...to work or to play?
In regard to choosing work or play, my husband made the following statement last week: "I will never look back and wish that I had played with him less." How true that is for all of us!!
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