Leaf Turning
I sat in church today pondering my priorities. They have been skewed this past week. Perhaps they’ve been skewed longer than that. Today I sat and figured ways to put things aright. There need to be daily spaces of time where business concerns are not allowed to encroach upon paying attention to the children. I need to consolidate my leisure rather than grabbing it in snatches. The second method leads to much wasted time. Work should come before play.
Today I turned over the leaf. Every single moment of today was focused on things for the children. Some of them also happened to be things I wanted to do, but mostly it was all for the kids. I even did the full individual mommy attention bedtime. I look back on the day and I know it was right. The priorities were in order. I got lots of important things done. But I am weary.
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
–Robert Frost