This morning I was sitting on my comfy chair drinking my coffee when my three year old came up beside me and asked for a snuggle. I scooped him up into my lap and he laid his little head on my shoulder. We were snuggling for about a minute when I realized that the oatmeal on the stove was starting to bubble and I needed to stir it. I was about to tell my little guy that I needed to put him down to go stir the oatmeal when I paused. So often I am running from one thing to the next. My kids are so good to me and they easily come along with me as we run errands, grocery shop, clean the house, etc... In fact they are so good I fear that I sometimes take them for granted. I go about my busy life dragging the kids here and there, asking them to wait just a moment while I finish up one last email or while I respond to a text message. They patiently wait which is a good virtue to teach my kids but do they spend more time waiting then they should? I think they do. It's time to ignore some things in life. It's time to push distractions away when one of them asks to cuddle, or to play a game or for help with a drawing. It's time to get rid of some things in life that make it so busy. It's time to let the oatmeal burn because my little boy will not always want to snuggle with me on the big comfy chair.
This morning the oatmeal burned and I will gladly scrape the pot later.
