On Fridays we just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. It’s such a relief, I promise.
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in. 3. Please visit the person who linked up before you & leave an encouraging comment.OK, are you ready? Give me your best five minutes on:
Delight
Go:
Delight is knowing you have a washing machine for the 3rd day in a row that your son has had issues with/in his bedding.
I am NOT kidding.
I could have gotten frustrated and even angry because it was the 3rd day in a row, and today may be the fourth... and I did call Super-Awesome with a hint of frustration in my voice at the beginning of the call but by the end I was understanding that these days of "trials" remind me of what I do have. I have a little boy who is healthy and active. We have a bed for our son to sleep in, though the flimsy mattress cover to protect it from these "issues" is held together by duct tape, since said healthy & active boy likes nothing better that to play with the mattress cover... that we have two sets of sheets to cover that bed, so that we can rotate out the nasty and replace with the (hopefully, if mommy or daddy is on the ball) clean dry ones.
You may be thinking... is she nuts? Delight in a washing machine and sheets? I spent Wednesday volunteering for Compassion International and manned a table with numerous children who live in abject poverty, but whom Compassion is helping to be released from poverty. Hearing Shaun Groves speak, seeing those photos, and remembering my trip to Ecuador (ten years ago) and reading letters from my sponsor children, help me to delight in my washing machine and sheets.
Stop!
From Shaun Groves' World Dictionary: Kenyan for Washing Machine
