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Today, after some trolling around on the Internet looking for topics and issues that catch my interest enough to either save them in my favorites folder, or share them with the world here in this blog, I took a break to make lunch for my boys and throw some laundry in. I looked around my house and just chuckled to myself, but mostly in slight despair over the state that my house is currently in.
The house is without a doubt, messy. We are currently remodeling two rooms in the house, the downstairs bathroom as well as the laundry room, and the construction itself has caused quite a mess, as well as causing a back up in housework. Items that used to be in the bathroom are now spread out between the upstairs bathroom and our storage room. Laundry is piling up, due to nothing more than the fact that it is almost impossible to walk in the laundry room, let alone attempt to get to the machines, move the power tools resting on top of them, and then get a load of wash in. The bathroom, true to do it yourself remodeling fashion, is behind schedule and my poor husband is doing everything that he can to get it finished while still completing the daily tasks of his day job.
I too, am struggling currently to keep up with the children, spend some quality time together before school starts, have everything ready for the kids when school starts, get my writing done, make sure everyone in the house is fed and happy, and oh yeah…clean the house up! The kids, sensing that their summer is almost over are trying to squeeze every last bit of freedom and play out of each day, and are reluctant to do their chores, which takes precious time away from their fun activities.
What is amazing about the entire situation is the fact that absolutely no one in the family is upset about the pile up of chores, or the delay in tasks being completed. We all understand that life is busy, priorities change daily, and that sometimes there just isn’t enough time in the day to get everything finished that we had wanted to. The support and understanding in our family is so strong and overwhelming that is actually makes me stop in my tracks, sit back and smile. Sure we have had our difficult times, just as any other family has gone through, but by facing all of our issues head on, and not hiding from them even when they seemed too ugly to face, we have become a strong and understanding family unit, so much so that it has me awe struck today.
Would my husband be happier if the house was cleaner? Sure. Would I be happier if I had my bathroom back? You bet. But is it really worth stirring up trouble when we both know that each of us is doing our best? Absolutely not! We have all come to see that it isn’t the outcome that is important, but the amount of effort that was put into the process that matters. Today love is all about support and understanding, for without those, where would we truly be, other than miserable?
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