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Devote Your Time And Energy To What You Are Raising |
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2009-10-26
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Devote Your Time And Energy To What You Are Raising
Dr. Laura,
The other day I was coveting my neighbors lawn, the PERFECT patch of grass I have ever seen. Maybe it has something to do with him mowing it every other day, using scissors to trim the strays, fertilizing it weekly and observing it each night.(Mind you he is a retired gentleman).
I thought, "Why the heck does my grass look all splotchy and not perfect like his?"
So I walked on over and said, "Tell me your secret, how, how, how do you do it?"
He smiled at me and said, "I am raising grass, you are raising children."
I thought he is right.
For such a short time,
I won't have perfect grass, but I will have happy children prancing all over it.
I won't have clean walls, but I will have children wiping their messy hands all over it.
I won't have clean glass doors or windows, but I will have my children's eager faces pushed against them, awaiting the arrival of their daddy after a long days work.
So suddenly I realize I do like my imperfect grass because it means
I
am
raising
children
and the time will come when I will miss that.
So thank you my perfectly-perfect grass loving neighbor for sharing your secret of "Devote your time and energy to what you are raising and the outcome will be wonderful"
Thank you Dr. Laura for being an advocate for stay at home moms, raising children is the most rewarding job in the world! And I should know I have six of them!
B.
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