Yesterday we followed the schedule pretty well. Little e went to sleep about 8AM, and I finished cutting my scraps into usable sizes (squares of 1 1/2, 2, 2 1/2, and 3 1/2 inches, then little logs 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches). She woke up, took a bottle, then we played till about 11:15 and she went back to bed. I ate lunch and finished transcribing a Swedish hymn from open score into a form I could play on the organ. Then it was baby time again, bottle and play till around 3:30, then sleep. During my third free time I read Invitation to Solitude and Silence by Ruth Haley Barton. More about that later. Then E was done with work and I was officially off duty, though I held the baby while supper was prepared.
So for a while I expect to have 3 periods of "you" time, as the EASY plan allots.
So far so good...even an emerging routine which I imagine is something you like. I'm rereading a book called Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton, a writer similar to Anne Lamott but with young children. A lot of her reflections are related to parenting 3 young children. Yesterday I read a section about how you can't realistically enjoy every minute like some folks tell you to do, but you can expect that there will be moments of "kairos" or God presence in life with kids. You're getting to have the gift of those moments. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI so appreciate your encouragement, Linda.
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