I am not as busy as many but am busier than some. My weekdays typically follow the same schedule: wake up at 7am, get Tatum & Ashton ready (showered, dressed, hair done, fed, lunches packed, homework reviewed, Bug's library book re-read for AR), and out the door by 8.
Either Dust or I take them to school. Then round 2: get Montana & Kennedy ready and out the door around 8:30. I then work out, shower & get ready, clean up, and fill the remainder of my school-day hours with Statistics.
The elementary girls get off the bus at 3:21 and the afternoon rush of homework, sports practices, playtime, instrument practice, dinner prep, dinner, clean up, scriptures, prayer & bedtime commences.
Of course amidst all the regular stuff there are appointments, presidency meetings, YW responsibilities, volunteering, working at Footprints on Wednesdays, driving girls to/from school, grocery shopping (yuck) and making dinner (double yuck!). Squeeze in a lunch date with a girlfriend occasionally and some much-needed tv-watching time with my handsome hubby and I am one worn out girl.
Satan is a crafty fella and from time to time somehow convinces me it's not enough. I'm not good enough, smart enough, skinny enough, fast enough, or whatever enough.
I am thankful to know it is enough. I am so very grateful to know that my success in my home is more important than anything else I will do here on Earth. Although it is incredibly important to me to finish my education (thank you BYU independent study!) the greatest work I am doing is as a wife and mother. For I know "no other success can compensate for failure in the home." (President David O. McKay)
Again. Love. It's so nice to see this personal, intimate side to you. There's something about writing that creates a window to someone's soul. I'm happy to know this side of you! And you are more than enough. You are fabulous. I hope Ellie will be the kind of oldest child you have been. Our great example. I love you
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