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| You know that saying, "You'd lose your head if it wasn't attached to your shoulders?"
Well, I can relate to that. I believe that life crept up on us like a scary monster and then BOO! There it was.
There was this short season where life was slowing down. It lasted maybe a week.
And when I mean slow down, I mean that season when I'm not doing 5 loads of laundry, tackling websites while watching 4 kids and cooking dinner...somewhat resembling a video on fast forward. If only I had 8 arms-the lucky octopus!
I was still busy, but the website load was down, I was balancing what happenings of school fairly well, and my house was somewhat organized. Okay, so I could find my car keys in a New York minute, and at least be in earshot of my cellphone in order to uncover it. It wasn't what we call museum clean, but good for the Johnson 4 household.
In about a week, I have managed to feel like I have lost my head. I have so much stuff happening and I am juggling too much all at once. How did that happen?
So I need to find my head again.
Not sure how to do it, things will only speed up. Leading community group, treasurer for the Middle Tennessee Seminole Club, and the role of "Supermom" are not easily juggled simultaneously.
At least I know where my cell phone and car keys are. And I know it's Wednesday...
Which only means that the trash needs taking out tonight, Sampson has a vet apt tomorrow, Carrie has preschool, Garry needs a trip into town for an interview, do I make dinner for the Ferris family? I need to schedule Carrie's 3 year check up, and who knows what else that I can't think of.
I need to find my head. |
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Should preschoolers be forced to nap?
How about lay still and quiet for an hour and a half?!
Well, Carrie turns 3 in two weeks.
She has not napped on a regular basis in well over a year.
She can at least play by herself for long periods of time, and that is helpful. She started going to Christ Church Mother's Day out/preschool (more like a pre-preschool) and this was her third day.
I am feeling like such a basket case today.
Should I force my daughter to lay still for an entire 90 minutes at rest time?
Last week it was dark and she had a hard time. I suggested giving her a book.
Today, she did have a book, and she still had such a hard time, my defiant little girl, that she cried and the director had to come in and calm her down and tell her lovingly and firmly to lay down, be still and go to sleep.
So okay, she cried herself to sleep. Therefore she took a nap.
Naps and my daughter don't work very well. An hour nap today -maybe- and she was up until 10 o'clock. And the only way to get her to sleep was to lay beside her.
AND, not to forget the possibility of restless legs. I have it, and she seems to need to move her legs a lot when trying to get to sleep.
Or is it just little kid squirms?
Am I feeling over anxious and being an overly concerned and over protecting mom when I don't want my daughter to be so miserable every day at preschool for so long?
And it's the last part of her day - the part that she'll remember.
I prayed that God would open the door for her and that she would get a slot if this is what He wills for her. And it's SO hard to know what to do! So let the kids who fall asleep after 30 minutes sleep, and then let the kids who don't watch a movie or something. That's my theory on it, but I don't have a degree in early childhood, but I am very experienced in my daughter. And I love her, and I don't want to force her to do things that seem unnecessary to me. She doesn't need a nap.
This girl has more stamina than a marathon runner. I know, I am one! So what to do? |
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I have been reading in Ezra where the Israelites were told by a decree from King Darius that they could not continue rebuilding their temple.
And they had prophets speak to them and decide to go ahead and do it anyway.
There they went, back to rebuilding, knowing it was going against any earthly \"sense,\" knowing it was breaking the rules, and they went back to rebuilding.
I love the boldness and courage!
There are plenty of things out there that don't make sense to us on the earthly scale. But if we stand on the rock, on the firm foundation and hold fast to the promise that He will take care of us, that He will never leave us nor forsake us...we will be okay.
And we don't need to seek applause from anyone out there, hopefully we are covered with prayer and not ignored or shrugged off b/c it simply doesn't make sense. |
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