Sorry for not being to update this blog more often. Originally, I thought that my first blog entry would be an whapologeticy one: both whiny and apologetic. I've done that before, mind you. The entry would begin with a heartfelt apology, quickly followed by not so subtle whining about my heavy workload, coupled with my concern for my family life, and so on, in a mind-numbingly self-serving cycle. And so, after a hectic holiday season where my wife and I took on the almost unassisted personal care of our three kids for most of the break, I fully expected to unleash world-beating whapologetics on my hapless readers.Guess what? After a period of adjustment, I'm really enjoying the extra time I'm spending with my kids. Moreover, my wife and I are trying to take care of our kids sans the usual complement of the 6th Infancy Division and the 1st Diaper Rangers. We have exactly one helper at home, the versatile Ate Imelda, and our midwife, Ate Chari for our darling baby girl, and that's it. It might not seem like much, particularly to my loyal readers from the Western hemisphere, but it's a big step for Tina and myself.
In my chat with Fr. Gary Soria yesterday, I shared how this simplified lifestyle that Tina and I have been thrust into is in fact, a blessing. Our vision for our kids includes loving self-sufficiency and industriousness. How seriously will they take our paeans to the virtue of hard work, simplicity, and serenity if they grow up in a household where they never see Mama and Papa take their turns doing the dishes, or making the beds, or cleaning up around the house? Given the precociousness of my little ones, they would see through our inauthenticity in seconds. And so, our great experiment begins. Everyday is now a magical adventure, and this blog, for better or worse, will be where I will alternately gush, whine, despair and triumph.
Happy New Year everyone!
1 comments:
Gosh having 2 helps is more than I could ever dream of!!!!!
I am a wife, mama, teacher to the kids (we will homeschool this year), disciplinarian, nurse, counselor, bookkeeper, cook, laundress, driver and maid.
My children learn to wait while I work in the home (and understand that the world cannot and does revolve around them with Mama not always at their feet waiting), savor the moments that I have with them (which are plentiful since I am a stay-at-home mom), and I never miss any special moment that becomes every so fleeting as they approach adulthood, step by step.
It's a lot of hard work, involves a lot of prayer, and exacts much patience, which year-after-year, grows in God's grace.
But I do intend to let my kids take over the running of the house eventually so that they will know how to be independent when they are older. That is one of the fruits of parenting for which I hope and pray.
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