I love being a mother,a grandmother, a teacher, a student, a financial manager in training, a mentor, a friend, and still a dreamer who strives to pursue dreams deferred and all those in between titles that go along with it, like, a chauffeur, a nurse, writer, researcher, a psychologist, a referee, and a saint with endless patience (I am working on this one). However, all of these roles can be quite challenging, especially if you are under the umbrella of single parenting, being an ex-wife (Oh yeah I belong to the first wives club), dealing with an ex and adding the title head of household.
This past week was indeed an action packed week. It's almost a blurr. I am so blessed that I am surrounded with friends who seek my support and have full confidence that I can be of help in some way. However, It seemed as though they all were in need at the same time including my children. My heart is always willing but my flesh was weak. I was and still am dog tired. It seemed that I was on the road or on the phone forever. Oh yeah, I do believe I was on vacation, but my children weren't. I tried in the midst of my outreach to be the ideal mom, by doing spring cleaning (I only accomplished one room- I can't find anything) and trying to prepared well balanced hearty meals before the children came home. Wow! I did have to pick up my daughter and her 5 friends from school and drive to every corner of the town to drop them off. (I didn't mind). All of last week merged into this week. There was a lot of stress because this week we had visitors at our school. New tasks were given, causing my days at work to be longer, I believe today is their last day. (I prayed real hard that the children would act like the stereotyped icons of the ideal students- Well some did- thank you God!) Wow! I feel better now that I got all that out. Now that I looked back, these two weeks weren't so bad. I survived the challenges and as I stopped to share it was just like smelling the roses. There were pockets of blessings in between, like a calgon bath.
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That is an enormous amount to balance, Chandra. I don't know how you do it all.
"Old School" CALGON! That product is still on the market? Girl, sounds like you needed something more heavy duty than CALGON - like a whole line from BATH AND BODY WORKS or something. Glad everything worked out! "We are more than conquerors; we are victorious!"
I love your writing. When are we getting together?????????
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