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Blogging Challenges: Making Time

WOW! Here it is March 14th and you all are just hearing from me. This is challenging for me. I am in the process of changing the entire dahgurl site (as I shared with you all earlier) and it has not been flowing as easy as I would like. I also decided to publicly launch my coaching practice in the month of March as we are still recovering from having 2 used cars that cost us thousands of dollars to fix and still aren’t working, as we are planning to move into our first house in Maryland and we want to have a certain amount of money saved. It has not been an easy deal working (I was working two days/week, now it’s more like four), homeschooling (thank God my older children are pretty self-sufficient, so I spend most of my time with my 6 year old son), and serving in my church (I’ve looked for a good church for so long and now I remember the commitment it takes when your church is a progressive, vision-led church…whew!). Did I mention wife, sister, friend? I don’t know about you all, but I realized this week as my oldest daughter broke her diet restraints/ate some cheese and has been sick for almost a week that this thing we call life…well, I think everyone needs a coach-someone to save you from yourself, keep you directed, keep you guided. After my oldest daughter was sick, my youngest daughter complained of pain during urination and constipation. After a run of cranberry juice, raisins and water, it appeared to be worse. Once she had blood in her urine, we rushed her to the doctor’s office and she has a urinary tract infection, at 4 years old! I couldn’t believe it! She’s on antibiotic, can’t take bubble baths anymore and has to drink prune juice, eat pears and apples for the next 10 days or so.

I was feeling like a bad mama, feeling like it’s just not possible to be great in every aspect of your life. I went down the path of this is too much/I need to quit/retreat/RETREAT, but in the midst of this brief, yet intense pity party, I realized how blessed I am, I realized how many options I do have like the option to go to bed yesterday at 8:30 p.m. because “my head is making my body tired.” I tried to wake up at midnight and mop the floor and do all of this other stuff, but my mind said, “It all can wait, but your rest can’t.” We all have choices. The choice to look full and complicated days in the face and challenge them with commitment to do what you have to do and not be overwhelmed or you could retreat and crawl in the bed. Yesterday, I did both. My oldest daughter is feeling a lot better after I picked her up some peppermint and eucalyptus oils (I could do a whole section on these different homeopathic remedies that are saving us during this allergy season) and I picked up the antibiotic for my youngest daughter. I made some shrimp scampi with spinach fettucini/garlic bread/broccoli and I went to bed. Ladies, for as long as you are well, take care of you emotionally, mentally and physically. Kids get sick and moms get tired. I am making a lot of progress in my business endeavors (not as much progress on the website, but it’s coming) and we’ve made some progress. Progress costs, but an unmopped floor is not that great of price to pay, don’t you think?

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