Many of you call me a workhorse with endless energy. Have you considered that 5 children had something to do with it? There is NO goofing off when you live with a crowd. I once hung a sheet of paper above my washer and dryer. End of the week…16 hash marks for loads done! And all had to be folded, can you imagine? One basket was all socks.
There was no choice but to learn to be organized. Notes everywhere to co-ordinate every person, everyday…and 4 dogs! I had to help their dad, so I babysat 8 to 12 kids for 25 years…and kept a spotless house in between cooking massive meals with no letup. I have never known anything but non-stop work, mega organization…and loved every moment of it…THE WORK. Dealing with the crowd was a horse of another color!
Did I mention an Amway business, an eBay business, planting a garden every spring and canning 400 quarts of green beans, tomatoes, sauerkraut, peas and every pickle known to man?
It’s the crowd that kept me on my knees. My work I could control. It was a full time job keeping just myself under control. So much of my life was spent in tears with disappointments, with feeling stuck. Approaching my 30th birthday…was there anything else to life but diapers? Little did I know that 2 MORE blessings were in my future!
And I cried. And I called out to the Lord and His grace was sufficient. “Tears may endure for a night, BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING!” quote…God.
I learned to forgive. I learned life is not perfect. I learned that ALL have struggles, not exclusively me, and I believed Corrie Ten Boom who wrote “You can get bitter or you can get better.” Time to go weed the garden so I can garage sale this weekend.
