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Turning a Phrase

Posted by on Feb 10, 2009 in Motherhood | 2 comments

There are doors that stay shut in my house, just because I cannot handle to see the constant mess on the other side.

I am grateful the kitchen is at the back of my downstairs – that way the dishes and clutter stay out of my routine line-of-sight.

I can usually manage to keep the living room clean, and that’s why I spend 90% of my days here.

The mess in my house gets me so incredibly stressed out sometimes.  There is a constant mental struggle to not beat myself up over what I feel should be a more organized home.

Yesterday I tried to console myself with this one thought:

It won’t ALWAYS be like this.

The kids will grow up, move on, I will find myself with time and inclination to clean and organize, entertain, do crafts, enjoy my space.

These things are inevitable.

As is something else:

It WON’T always be like this.

I won’t always have a silly snuggle available to me at any moment.  I won’t always have eager kisses from a pudgy little dude.  I won’t always be able to easily impress someone with my basic knowledge of math.  I won’t always have loud, busy dinner conversation with a bustling group of chatterboxes.  I won’t always be able to make memories out of the smallest of shared experiences.

My kids WILL grow up and move on.  I will miss them immensely.  And the cleanest house on earth couldn’t make up for any of the time I trade with them right now.

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  • http://1330v.blogspot.com Vasilly

    I’m printing this out and putting it in my journal!

    I know that I will not always have a little one around who can easily be picked up and held, but I always forget that my messy house won’t always be messy.

    Thanks for the reminder!

  • http://orrcorner.blogspot.com Heather O

    I couldn’t agree with you more. I tell my husband that when the house is not to his liking. It will only be like this for a short time. So, when I get discouraged and the eternal pile of laundry in my laundry I imagine what it will look like when only my husband and I are here and it’s sad.

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