Five Minute Friday

My three boys and one daughter ages 8 ,6 ,4 and 2 are with me 90 percent of the time. We eat together, play, learn, read, eat more and so on each day. I live along side them. We do life together.

We see wonder, we experience joy, we are inpatient, get angry, say sorry and hug close. The good and the bad. We are in it together. Building memories and close unbreakable bonds.

Even so, they still want more. It can seem too much at times and I want to break free. Have some space and my space is more like a territory. This constant closeness can make my skin crawl and my heart race.
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I am a perfectionist who is slowly getting used to the mess.

To letting the dust settle and the sticky messes reside.

Allowing the noise and chaos to live here because it means joy has come to stay.

The laundry keeps piling up and the floor needs to be mopped. I can’t keep it all in order anymore.

Everything in its place and everything has its place. No, this is not my life anymore. It is only a delusion.
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When I think of you friend my heart wants to burst. You have been there for me through it all.

From girlhood crushes to wedding days. From the dreams of yellow houses with white picket fences and true love. To the realities of labor pains and new life and crazy chaos bursting from the seams.

You have listened on the line as I’ve poured out my fears. We have grieved, we have cried. We have rejoiced, we have laughed. Until our tears have all dried and bellies both ache.
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