Mommy Time

Is there such a thing as Mommy Time? You know, where the Mommy gets to sit down, kick up her heels, and not think about all the chores still to do or take care of anyone? I used to think there was, and increasingly am thinking there needs to be, however less and less am I finding there actually is.

Can you put more hours in the day? So far I have not been successful. Right now my daughter is trying to help me put more awake hours in the day. She's sick, taking naps all over the place and not sleeping when she should. Usually if she's restless I can just snuggle her in bed with me and she'll fall asleep, but not tonight! She went from almost asleep to bursts of energy. I guess in a way it is good as I'll be able to work on this blog more. I started this post a couple of days ago, and if that doesn't tell you how little "mommy time" there is... well then I don't think anything would!

And suddenly I read a post by one of my good friend's "little" sister (who is not so little anymore!) that put everything in perspective. It's funny how things like that can happen. Your entire world can be put in perspective by one sentence. Possibly two. The one that did it for me on this occasion was this: "If you think you don’t have time to do anything, that probably means it’s time to pray, and then you’ll suddenly find that you have time to do everything else." (You can read the entire blog post if you click here.) How is it you never expect to hear something so wise come from someone younger than yourself? Thank you, Miriel, for putting things in perspective for me. And you were right - I already feel like I have more time.

So can there be more hours in the day? Probably not. Do there need to be more awake hours in the day? I've already tried that one and it had quite the opposite effect of making me crash. Is there ANYthing to be done? Pray ... and enjoy where you are at.. time or no time! :)