Comments on: accomplished

By: Melissa Camara Wilkins

Melissa Camara Wilkins — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:07:00 +0000

I think maybe I felt accomplished when really I was just BUSY all day, but I guess I’ll take what I can get.

By: mama without instructions

mama without instructions — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:16:31 +0000

Thanks for the comment. I think the feeling of accomplishment is really the most important part. I love running across people who home school! I don’t but I think about it a lot lately and have the greatest respect for people who do.

By: Austen

Austen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:07 +0000

I once read a newspaper letter about all of the work that stay-at-home parents accomplish on any given day. It included tasks from maintaining strategic awareness of rhythms to help kids avoid meltdowns, considering how basic interactions affect long-term human beings, nourishing children’s bodies, minds and spirits, etc. The list was incredibly extensive. And it helped me to articulate how complex parenting is and why at the end of a day it is possible that no other tasks are completed, but the day was filled to the brim.

Lovely post and lovely work.

By: TheKitchenWitch

TheKitchenWitch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:48:24 +0000

I’d give anything just to FEEL like I’d accomplished anything at the end of the day!

Hubby asks what I’ve done all day and the only thing I can come up with is “meaningless tasks.”

By: CorrieHowe

CorrieHowe — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:53:42 +0000

I have days where I get up and don’t sit down all day and then wondered what I did. I know I did a lot, but I just can’t remember what I did.

By: Aunt LoLo

Aunt LoLo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:42:25 +0000

Heh…oh, Mama, we SO have days like this, except for the homeschooling part. (Well, we’re doing Joy School, but I only have to teach two days out of every four weeks, with a glass of four 3 year old girls. Does it count?)

My husband can have his pick – there can be days when I FEEL accomplished, and the house is relatively clean…but the kids will be cranky, because i’ve been ignoring them.

If he comes home and the house is a MESS, he’ll know the kids had a great day, and he should keep his mouth shut.

Thanks for stopping by Bubba Bubbles!!