Back to Cross Stitching

During the triplets afternoon nap I spend time with them in Becky and Brian's front living room. They are often restless and so I will pick them up and cuddle them until they're settled and then lay them back down to finish their naps. While I am with them I am not idle. I picked up the above cross stitch craft to work on, I am reading The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder, I fold clothes, I catch up on emails. I have discovered again, that I cannot not be doing something, and I like that! How easy it would be to just sit and waste time but I love that I need to keep busy. 

The saddest days are when I have accomplished very little and my best days are when I can look at my to-do list and see how many things have been checked off. I am totally a list making person and as so many others have written, nothing feels better than putting that big check next to an accomplished goal! 

I feel so blessed that our children are all hard workers! I'm sure there were times when they went with Doug to give service to a church member or they shoveled our walks and the neighbors walks that they didn't appreciate what they were being taught. But I hope they can see as I can, just what amazing adults they have grown up to be! There isn't anything they cannot accomplish because they know how to work and not waste time. And from dad and I, 'you're welcome'!