Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Just Another Day

I often think that as a stay at home mom, my days need to be filled with extraordinary things, amazing experiences, and grand accomplishments....ultimate art projects, great outfits, coffee with friends, creating a clever craft, playdates for the kids, playground visits, laundry done, well-balanced meals served, errands run, home clean and sparkly.....as if!! 

Try as I might, most of my days are not filled with these things.  Most of my days are just the normal stuff that make up a life.  Housework, homework, preparing meals, cleaning up, playing Barbies, reading to the kids, checking email, volunteer work, phone calls, delivering kisses, receiving hugs, taking out the garbage, ending arguments, calming nerves, dropping kids off, picking kids up, healing boo-boos, crying over hurts, laughing at jokes, impromptu art projects, crappy craft ideas, long walks, short walks, to do lists that are never quite done...these are the realities of my days.

And why are these days often not ended with a feeling of satisfaction?  Because I don't take the time to be satisfied by the simple accomplishments I make every single day.  My self-imposed definition of accomplishment doesn't allow for normal day activities.  In my mind, I am supposed to use all this time off...ha!!...to accomplish something.   So, today I sat back and observed my day with an open and appreciative mind. 

I observed that today was just another day.

Nothing extraordinary, nothing amazing, and nothing grand...only the realization that having just another day is my great accomplishment.