September 12, 2010

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (the working mom version)...

Everything happens for a reason; good luck trying to figure out the perfect balance.
A time to be pregnant, a time to work at shedding the baby weight;
A time to fix a real meal, a time to throw a frozen pizza in the oven;
A time to cry in frustration, a time to laugh with joy;
A time to keep everything organized, a time to just not care;
A time to stay up with a sick or grumpy child, a time to rest;
A time to clean, a time to live in filth so you can spend more time with your baby;
A time to go to work, a time to take a sick day and stay home to sleep;
A time to clean the snot off, a time to let it stick to her face;
A time to hold her up, a time to let her fall and bonk her head;
A time to use cheap diapers, a time to spend the extra money and buy some that you trust;
A time to dress her in a cute outfit, a time to let daddy pick the outfit;
A time to force her to wear shoes, a time to let her go barefoot in the grass;
A time to update the baby book, a time to make a note on the calendar and write it down later;
A time to spend the evening with her, a time to call a babysitter.

20 comments:

  1. This is good!
    You should put that on a plaque!

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  2. i love how you incorporated that with the verse!!! awesome!!! sell it to hallmark!

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  3. I just love your blog. So good to find you! Happy WMW!

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  4. Completely printing this and hanging it on my mirror in my bathroom.

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  5. This is great. I'm putting in on my bulletin board.

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  6. Thanks guys! I'm glad you enjoyed it(and my blog). I wrote it one day when I was just about at the end of my rope and needed to remind myself that I can't do it all...at least not all of the time.

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  7. Great post! Very true :-)

    Stopping by from WMW...

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  8. I love this!! Especially the part about the diapers!!!!!!! Lol that one really gets me- so been there a few times!!!

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  9. Now if you can just remember this in every stressful moment for the next twenty years, you might make it out with your sanity intact!

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  10. That's so true...loved the "A time to dress her in a cute outfit, a time to let daddy pick the outfit"

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  11. So very, very true! The season of Motherhood is full of mini-seasons ... all with lives of their own!

    Enjoy your SITS day! :)

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  12. So great and TRUE!!!

    Stopping by from SITS :)

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  13. Oops! typed the wrong url... lol

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  14. I'm stopping by from SITS. I love these words. I hope God doesn't mind you changed them :-)

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  15. Brilliant. Reminds me of a time decades ago in college when I used to sit around writing parodies. Congratulations on your SITS day.

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  16. Ain't that the truth! Happy SITS Day!

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  17. Thanks everyone for stopping by on my SITS day! Wow...I'm feeling quite overwhelmed with the amount of support you all have shown to me.

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