What I Don’t Do
Posted by Danielle Bean in Homemaking on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:04 PM
In our podcast last week, some of the other Faith & Family Live! bloggers and I took on the topic of moms who “do it all.”
Though we all agreed that no one in fact does “do it all” the myth persists that some moms do. The smart moms do it all, we think. Or maybe it’s the pretty ones? Or the rich ones? Or the virtuous ones? And how do they do it anyway?
In my own feeble effort to dispel the “do it all” myth, I’ll share with you today some of the things that I don’t do. And I invite you to do the same. Here goes:
I don’t do ...
1. Ironing. I’ve confessed this one so many times and so many other moms have joined me in this “rebellion” that it hardly feels scandalous anymore. I feel the need to mention it, though, for the sake of any long suffering hold outs out there. Really, people. God gave us dryers and wrinkle resistant fabrics for a reason.
2. Lunch Dishes. Around here, midday meals are typically sandwiches and crackers served on paper plates or paper towels. I will not apologize.
3. Sewing. I stink at it. My complete lack of patience and precision ensures that this particular woman avoids this particular womanly art like the plague. I threaded a needle last week for the first time in months. I used it to mend a fabric futon cover that had been torn for weeks. You know that thing they say about “a stitch in time”? Turns out it really is true. What could have been a 2 minute job took me the better part of an hour and it doesn’t look all that fabulous now that it’s done. But still I think my family should be falling over themselves in gratitude. That was way above and beyond the call of duty.
I don’t mean to glorify corner-cutting, but I do hope to encourage other moms to prioritize and focus on doing the things that are most important to their families.
So how do you “do it all”? What gets crossed off your list?
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