Homeschool Blog Hop/Time For Mum

I have spent the last two weeks thinking about this very question. What do I do for myself? What is my Sanctuary? What is my thing? How do I recharge, relax, rejuvenate myself to be energized for my family?

I have many interests and things that I enjoy doing. Blogging tends to be my escape right now, or is it? I love to write and find that blogging gives me just that a time to shut out the world and just write. I know my blog is about my family and to be more specific Selena, but you know what my family is my refuge. I get recharged just through them.

I have never been a mom who needed a whole lot of time to myself. I never really can relax when I am not with my family. I steal a few minutes out of my day to spend time in the bible, usually first thing in the morning. I use quiet time in the afternoon or nap time which ever it ends up being to lay back close my eyes and just meditate on the wonderful things I have in my life, which is usually my family.

I think the times I feel the most recharged and rejuvenated, ready to go again, is when I can look around and see how every little thing I have done in the day has made a big difference for my family. When I can see the light bulb moments when Selena has learned something new and is totally excited beyond control, then I know that I have moved a mountain for her, and her excitement recharges me to keep going. When I see in my husband that he has once less burden upon his plate, or he has time to watch his baseball game because I went the extra mile and paid a bill, or ran an errand for him, I feel recharged and ready to go.

When I can lag behind on our nature hikes and watch the two of them walking hand in hand knowing that when we left home the laundry was done, the bathroom cleaned, the beds made, the dishes done, then I feel recharged knowing that those things made this family outing possible. When I can enjoy watching my husband throw his line in the waters to fish, again knowing that this is not something that I particularly enjoy, but he is because I have gone out of my way to make sure he got to go fishing, then I feel recharged.

Much like my mother and my grandmother and even my great grandmother, parenting has been our career. We’ve worked when we needed to, but mostly we have been mothers. We have never asked for much more then our needs being met, but instead we have asked what can we do or have to make our families lives easier, better, more enjoyable. We have taken much pride in knowing that every dollar we have tucked away every week, is the money that is paying for our summer vacation. We take much pride in the fact that our talents are spent on our family through baking, sewing, knitting, crocheting, and that the products of our efforts all go for the pleasure or needs of our family.

I guess what I am saying is maybe I try to get up before my family to spend some time to myself, and usually am the last one to go to bed at night, just reflecting on all the things I have provided for my family, taught Selena, and learned myself, is all I need for a perfect boost of energy to keep me wanting to move on the next day. I am a simple person, I don’t need malls, day spas, though sometimes these do sound great, time alone or away to feel that I am ready to move on. If I did then I would be living in the wrong place that is for sure, as we don’t have any of those luxuries here.

I am just me, purely and simply put. I am first and foremost a child of God, a wife, a mother, and a grandmother, my life has been laid out before me, predestined, guided, and most of all rewarded within every turn I take throughout my day.

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