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You’ve got to be kidding!" I protested hotly. "How could this possibly be all about me?"
I was sitting, planner flung open wide, across from my husband. I was showing him how incredibly busy my life had become in the past few weeks—all the appointments for all the children. There were twenty dental visits in September alone (literally). There was enough driving to ballet and soccer to put four hundred miles a week on the van. Then there were the mundane things like grocery shopping and gardening and house cleaning.
I was tired and cranky and I didn’t appreciate him telling me that it was “all about me.” I was doing it all for them. Nowhere on those neat grids was a mom’s night out, morning alone at the gym, or even time to write. What in the world could he possibly mean? Wisely, he put the point aside and let me stew a bit.
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Thank you for this article. I needed this today. Too many times I do what my family needs because it is my obligation. It is not done out of love. I complain and grumble and my children must feel like they have ruined my life. I need an attitude adjustment and I need the Holy Spirit to guide me in what I do and how I do it. My family is a blessing. It’s about time I start acting like it.