Time can be beautiful.  You watch your life around you develop into something so spectacular beyond your wildest dreams.  You develop as a person, and with your spouse and family; you evolve together into a stronger sense of being.

However, time can also be very challenging; especially when you feel you don’t have enough of it.  Am I alone out there?  I feel like I just don’t have enough time at all to do anything.  I have a “to do list” about two miles long.  I have piles of laundry waiting to be done because nobody has time to fold them.  I spend everyday trying to get my house organized; only to have a tornado of toys storm through it an hour later.

I have a pool full of algae, a garden full of weeds, and a lawn that needs to be mowed.  I have clothes I need to sift through, a new bbq that needs to be put together, and I have to somehow make time to practice fine motor skills with my oldest daughter.

I just wish sometimes there were more hours in the day to get everything accomplished.  I am in no way a control freak, but I do like a certain amount of order in my house to feel satisfied. 

To make matters worse, I really want to try and start exercising.  I just want to feel energized.  But when do I find the time between work, work at home, and spending quality time with the family?  Now thats a great question.

My oldest daughter will be starting school in the fall and it feels like just yesterday I gave birth to her.  Where does the time go?  I can now see why mothers cry as they send their babies off to school.  It is such an overwhelming experience as you go through the motions of everyday life while time passes you by.

Having said this, after ranting and feeling so overwhelmed by lack of time to finish everything in;  I can rest easy in knowing that I have spent the majority of my time with my family; watching my children grow up and putting my family first.  Yes, my house is a mess and I am sure the neighbours think I am lazy.  However, I am sure other parents feel the same sense of time constraints from time to time.

Cherish each moment you have with your family and for yourself.  Even though it is frustrating, chores can go on the back burner.  After twenty years have flown you by, you will only remember the quality times and not the chores.