Well before I had the opportunity to stay at home with my children, I had a list of things I wanted to do with them when I did get to be at home.
I never wrote that list down.
Increasingly I find myself not doing everything I wanted to do.
This makes me feel like a failure.
I wonder if I've spent too much time behind my laptop. Have I spent too much time cleaning and organizing? Are too many minutes wasted marking things from my busy schedule?In truth, I will probably spend my entire life feeling as if I haven't lived up to something I could have been or done. My hope is that my children do not feel this way about me.
On this cold January day here in Indiana, I am once again dreaming of this list.
{1} Laugh more often with my children
{2} Look in their eyes when they are speaking to me
{3} Have more patience when a mess is made and a drink is spilled
{4} Sit and read with them more than just for school or a bed time story
{5} Take more walks with them, observing the beautiful world around us
{6} Splash and play with them in their pool this Summer
{7} Take them to the State Park more often
{8} Watch their favorite cartoons/movies with them
{9} Tell them more stories of when I was a young girl
{10} Just sit and watch them be little
{11} Turn off all social media apps and power off the laptop daily. My kids deserve uninterrupted time.
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