Wonderful piece i came across

I'm 71 retired, married for 49 years. The day we were married I promised my self that I would be all I could be to my husband and my children, to the best of my ability.

I got up an hour early so I could have some space to quietly relax and drink my coffee and make a list of things to do that day.

Every one had their own alarm clock.

I fixed breakfast, usually hot cereal, some time pancakes or waffles and always orange juice. On weekend we had grape juice for a treat instead of orange juice.

Got my husband off to work and my children off to school with a full belly.

I spent 1/2 hour every day working on my list. If you with out fail spend 1/2 hour on house work you can usually get the thing on your list done.

I showered and fixed myself up for the day. Tried to be finished by 10 am. I always had a little private race with myself to reach my 10 am deadline.

I was free to do as I chose until 1:30 pm.

At 1:30 I started preparing dinner.

Kids were home between 3:15 to 3:45 and they were starving hungry.

I had dinner on the table when my husband came home at 4:00.

We ate, my husband had his shower.

While he showered myself and kids had a race to see if we could get the kitchened cleaned up by the time he finished his shower.

The kids did their home work, sometimes needing my husbands or my help.

I ran what some would call a tight ship, but we had the evening free from five on.

Kids were in their room or in bed by 8:30. Leaving some quiet time for both my husband and myself.

Yes, due to sicknes or other extinuating circumstances our schedule was interupted.

You learn to dicipline your self and the rest of the family.

My married kids are trying to do the same for their family.

They tell me that I made their home a sanctuary and no matter how bad things were at school, they knew they were coming home to a safe, happy home.

We worked together and we played together and life was good.

Your schedule will probably be different but you can create your own to build a safe, happy sanctuary.

I hope this is helpful and I hope I didn't tell you more that you wanted to know.

Try it. Do what you have to do. Do your best.