Too busy for a walk with the children?
'Pulling away from the television and taking your children on a walk may put you behind on housework...' - my reflections on this devotion - guilty.
Joy was asking me couple of nights back, 'Mom, why are you always busy and have no time to teach me how to play the black-and-white-seed game (Reversi)?' I thought my reply was indignant, 'Because I have to cook, clean the house and wash the clothes, etc. etc. Who will do all these if mommy doesn't?' She said thoughtfully, 'Mmm...because there's no ayi in Singapore.' Guess I should still keep reminding myself to relax in some things.
Routine and order is necessary in a household, but what matters to the children still matters a lot to me - doing things together. A blessing for me that they enjoy play as much as participating in household chores with me. Think I might encourage them to finish up household chores with me so that we have more time to play together when work is done. :)
Joy was asking me couple of nights back, 'Mom, why are you always busy and have no time to teach me how to play the black-and-white-seed game (Reversi)?' I thought my reply was indignant, 'Because I have to cook, clean the house and wash the clothes, etc. etc. Who will do all these if mommy doesn't?' She said thoughtfully, 'Mmm...because there's no ayi in Singapore.' Guess I should still keep reminding myself to relax in some things.
Routine and order is necessary in a household, but what matters to the children still matters a lot to me - doing things together. A blessing for me that they enjoy play as much as participating in household chores with me. Think I might encourage them to finish up household chores with me so that we have more time to play together when work is done. :)
Labels: Parenting, Reflections
posted by Rainbows from God | 11:53 AM
4 Comments:
Poignant post...I'm struggling with being too busy for playing and here we are on school break. Thank you for the gentle reminder. I've already got too much regret over constantly being busy, don't need more! I'm going to try and play more tomorrow :) Merry Christmas~
u r so true im a housewife n my kids are suffering too i m new on blogger n im using it only because no one here can understand my feelings
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