Posted on Friday, 15th January 2010 by Tera
One day I asked my friend, a mother of five about laundry, “How do you do it all?” Looking back, I think my question annoyed her. Yet the honest question came from my own feeling of unmanageability. At the time I had one child with another child on the way. The thought of managing my house overwhelmed me. How do other mothers do it?, I wondered.
My friend humored me with an explanation about daily consistency and added, “It’s work.”
Truly, I struggled to conquer laundry. It wasn’t always a problem, certainly not my favorite chore in the house. But in-between kids and keeping a house clean, I dreaded it. Occasionally, my husband would “help” me by putting the clothes in the laundry. But it wasn’t the putting-in that I dreaded. It was the endless folding and putting things away, yet the clothes were never entirely put away. I yearned for a house of order. And those folded clothes stacked on the couch and coffee table teased me about my inadequacies as a mother.
Laundry was a droning conversation at my house. It irritated my husband, but really I just wanted him to magically make it disappear. It wasn’t that I felt lazy to do the work. It was the loose ends, the socks unmatched, the ripped towel, the overgrown shirt. It was like running up a steep mountain with loose gravel so you slipped every time you neared the top.
But this tale has a happy ending. Whatever made it seem so difficult–the blocks have been cleared. Recently, I read a book on organization that really resonated with me, or I was just ready to hear the message. I have a system: wash one load at night, dry and fold in the morning. I put the laundry in each child’s basket. My children put their own clothes away each morning. I commit to putting my own clothes away. In completing the task, I enjoy the fruits of my labor. I honor myself and my home by completing the cycle. I feel joy in laundry.
I celebrate and share this miracle because I suspect there are other mothers who might relate to laundry dread. And whatever the challenge, it is entirely possible to shift.
Tags: clean house, housekeeping, housework, husband, laundry, Law of Attraction, mother, organization, procrastination, stay-at-home mom
Posted in Energy Healing, Organized Home, Shifting Energy, Thriving Parenting | Comments (2)
April 20th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Very shorts, simple and easy to understand, bet some more comments from your side would be great
May 19th, 2010 at 4:23 am
ЎGracias por el artнculo. Cada vez que quieres leer.
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