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This Mess.

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There is Chaos.

Disaster, distruction, mayhem.

Crayon on the walls, yogurt in the carpet. Piles of forgotten toys. Dust on the cabinets and windowsills.

In every direction, there is filth.

The dishes from last nights dinner are still on the table. A basket of clean laundry is forgotten by the stairs, left alone to wrinkle. A wet diaper has somehow missed the bin. How long has it been since someone vacuumed? Impossible to tell.

The mess is never-ending, overwhelming, unrelenting.

But within this mess, there is also joy.

Imagination, beauty, fun.

Smiles on faces, stains on shirts. Favorite toys dragged lovingly in every direction. Light streaming through dusty windows. Fingerprints and fingerpaints. A half empty sippy-cup. A sock with no mate.

Without a doubt, children live here.

The dishes must be washed… but they will wait. The laundry will keep, and the diapers will eventually find the bin.

The little hands, little voices, little faces; they will not last. Instead, the moments given and time taken freely, set aside from worry and stress will be remembered.

And no one will look back and care whether or not the house was truly clean.

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Something In The Air.

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It feels like everywhere I look, everyone I talk to is going through the same soggy crap right now.

Tons of Facebook statuses like, “My kids are driving me nuts!” and “I can’t take all the whining.”

So many tweets about babies that aren’t themselves, and wishing things would get back to normal.  Complaints of kids that gripe and annoying spouses.

Blogs about how everything feels off, and down, and in a rut.

Is there something in the air?  Is it the pollen driving us all insane?  The gradual change from indoor life to outdoor?  Are we upsetting our miserable routines?

I mean, It’s SPRING time!  It’s supposed to be brightness, and sunshine, and everything new again.  It’s supposed to be wonderous and light.

So far, it’s been pretty crummy.

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m ready for things to level out again.  Let’s get rid of colds, and spend more time outside.  Let’s have play dates.  Let’s do summer baking, and try new recipes.  Let’s play games we forgot we played as kids.  Let’s teach our babies how to enjoy running, and swimming and playing.  Let’s share ideas of things to do.  Let’s take LOTS of pictures, because there’s never too many.

Let’s enjoy the spring, because it turns into summer, and then fall, and winter.  Then, before you know it, another year is gone, and you wonder what you did.  Let’s make memories that are worth keeping.