Life's little lessons
by Tammy Hall Parker on Friday, December 17, 2010 at 5:11am
Wash clothes, buy groceries, clean house, run errands, make appointments, keep appointments, work around kids schedule, cook dinner, wash dishes, clean closets, put up decorations, cook huge dinner for family, take down decorations, water plants before they start to droop, answer the 15th phone call today,make 15 more to fit in more appointments, get mail sift through the junk to the important stuff, take garbage out before it overflows,send out Christmas cards,check those all important lists,answer questions,listen to problems, listen to the latest drama, everybody family meeting time to co-ordinate schedules, whoops booked over one that can't be changed, go back and reschedule original appointment, calendar is full start making notes in the margin, brain has overloaded start putting things to do on white board on fridge, white board is full start checking the notebook for updates and changes, keep things in perspective, don't sweat the small stuff, imagine the worst, hope for the best and pray you get through it all with your sanity intact. That's being a mom today.
Had an uncle once that always would look at any problem, think on it for just a minute if that long. Said out loud that either it would work itself out or it wouldn't he couldn't change the outcome. Never worried about politics or watched the news. Lived happily for 96 years, always smiled, still had perfect eyesight and a good mind. Drove himself to and from the doctor once a year for a physical where the doctor found nothing wrong. Always treated others the way he wanted to be treated. Always said he hoped that when his time came he would just fall asleep and not wake up. He called his grandson and said he was going to take a nap in his favorite recliner...never woke up.
Maybe we should all take a lesson from our ancestors. If you look back they worked harder than most of us in worse conditions. Lived with less money. Never worried about tomorrow but lived for today. Always treated people they met with kindness. Helped their neighbors in good times and through the bad times. Some of them lived before indoor plumbing and pulled water from a well. Grew their own food or went hungry. Pulled together as a family and counted on one another to pull their own weight. And yet they never complained and they lived longer than those of us today. Maybe they were on to something...you think?
Had an uncle once that always would look at any problem, think on it for just a minute if that long. Said out loud that either it would work itself out or it wouldn't he couldn't change the outcome. Never worried about politics or watched the news. Lived happily for 96 years, always smiled, still had perfect eyesight and a good mind. Drove himself to and from the doctor once a year for a physical where the doctor found nothing wrong. Always treated others the way he wanted to be treated. Always said he hoped that when his time came he would just fall asleep and not wake up. He called his grandson and said he was going to take a nap in his favorite recliner...never woke up.
Maybe we should all take a lesson from our ancestors. If you look back they worked harder than most of us in worse conditions. Lived with less money. Never worried about tomorrow but lived for today. Always treated people they met with kindness. Helped their neighbors in good times and through the bad times. Some of them lived before indoor plumbing and pulled water from a well. Grew their own food or went hungry. Pulled together as a family and counted on one another to pull their own weight. And yet they never complained and they lived longer than those of us today. Maybe they were on to something...you think?
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