You know how sometimes you get so busy working on this project, helping so and so, taking care of things on the home front and then all the sudden you realize, where does you fit in?
Yeah, that has been happening a lot lately. This isn’t about a selfish whoa is me, this is about who God created me to be…
Did he create me to take care of everything, volunteer here and there, take on this project and that project, run myself ragged and find nothing left to give by 5 pm? No, he created me to be the mom to six beautiful blessings, and a wife to a farmer. He created me to take care of their needs first.
It probably seems funny that I would be the blogging momma that posted about Life as a Frazzled Mom a few weeks ago. But, I became that mom, to an extent last week. I can honestly say it was all my fault, or due to a lack of planning. Really, I think in some ways, God really wanted to smack me in the face. Just being real here.
Several months ago, I was asked to speak at the TPA Homeschool Convention. It shouldn’t have been a huge deal for our family, first cutting hay should be done and wheat harvest 2-3 weeks away…BUT, we were quickly stumbling onto second cutting hay and in the middle of wheat harvest.
I also kind of volunteered to run a booth at the convention…again for the same reasons above shouldn’t have been a big deal, but for those same reality reasons it was another cake on my platter.
I was also part of the TPA Convention Planning Committee this year. My job at convention wasn’t huge or overwhelming, but it was a small cupcake on that platter.
In all of this, I learned a bit about myself, and in all honesty, I think I knew, but maybe needed the experience to prove it.
I learned that I LOVE mentoring to others, I love ministering and using my homeschool knowledge as a ministry to help offer encouragement and support to other homeschool families. I love being real and showing that nearly every struggle homeschool parents face is normal and real. I don’t really like the selling side of things. I love my job with AJTL, but I am not a sales person…This is probably a good thing to realize, since I have been asked to work on a project that would involve me at some point helping sell it.
I can promote things I love easily, as well, that is part of helping homeschool families. Showing why you use something, how it works, how you modify it to work in your family and so forth. That part is my job, and well, it is quite fitting.
Every summer is like this for our family, busier and more frazzled than our calm stay at home winters. Some of it is just the fact we farm. In about 10 days we have VBS, I am an assistant teacher, a couple weeks later is the area fair, and then camp. As I look at the calendar, it seems summer is about over, but really I just need to empty some of that space and take summer and enjoy it with my children. We are getting our garden together, and I hope to spend several days canning and freezing the produce. We also have been praying for a specific need/want for our family, and in many ways, it is looking like it will happen. When it does happen..if…I will tell you all about it. In the mean time I ask you to pray for wisdom and that if it is God’s will, he will bring on the rain.
In order to meet the goal of a Proverbs 31 woman, we have to slow down on outside commits and make sure we have the home, children, husband and God first. Otherwise we will be sailing a sinking ship right into a sand bar, sometimes slowly, sometimes at the speed of light.
The super busy-ness of late is reflected also in my children’s behavior. They are more easily irritated with each other, tired and not sure what to expect next, as our routines are all messed up. This busy-ness is slowing down though, and in all honesty, I am ready and looking for ways to further increase the slow down.
Are summers busier or slower for you? Why?
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mother, christian, wife, woman, child of God. It is about my life as a farmer’s wife, as a cook, a baker, a nurse, a teacher, a woodworker, a housekeeper, a farmer (yep, I drive tractors, pick up hay bales, and other farm duties), a gardener. So, what you read here, is me, as a transparent sometimes hot headed, passionate, and opinionated person.
It’s so easy to fall into the “busyness” trap! If I’m not careful, I quickly over-commit myself and my family is what pays for that decision. Instead of a mommy who wants to play and have fun, they have a mommy who is tired, distracted and looking for anyway to find a quiet corner to run away too.
About a year ago I put a stop to the over-commiting disease. I had to weed out the not necessary tasks and really evaluate what is REALLY important and what isn’t. But at the top of that list is always, always, always God, my husband and children. You’ll discover that once things are in order, life becomes way easier and much more enjoyable:)