Ode To Our Delivery Peeps

There was a time when I would have looked around my office and sighed, dismayed and anxious at the enormity of the mess. Today, I sigh… but with gratitude. Just look at this mess! Isn’t it positively awesome?

I have five children. At Christmas-time, life can get a little chaotic what with all the gift purchasing and boxes coming in. (FedEx delivery dude and dudess, you’re here so often that I feel I owe you dinner or a bed or my firstborn or something… thank you from the bottom of my “yes, I did order again from Amazon” heart.)

In years past, I have become overwhelmed with the number of boxes strewn ohmygod everywhere but today, as I sit to type… I look around at the boxes and smile. I smile. Because all these boxes mean that I have all these beautiful souls to buy for, to share my life with, to witness becoming… and what is better than this?

Nothing. That’s what. Nothing.

Not chocolate.

Not a good massage (though, come on now, that’s close.)

Not a surprise visit from Liam Neeson.

I have five children! Five amazing souls to fill up my heart and my days: to prepare dinner for, smooch booboos, listen to stories, help with homework, threaten with grounding, cry about, worry over, dream with, and spend money onnnnnnnn! Yep, lots and l-o-o-o-o-ts of boxes… gifts to wrap, cookies to bake, stockings to stuff.

For those of you who know that my children are pretty well all grown up by now… I’m here to report that much of my nurturing hasn’t changed. I still prepare dinner for them, hug them, listen to their stories, help them with homework (that’s a lie – I cannot help Son3 with his Master’s Economics class), threaten them with grounding (yea, no… I do not in fact do this.) I do still cry about, worry about, dream with, and spend money on them. There are still boxes strewn all over my office today.

And, sorry Liam, but I wouldn’t want to have my life any other way.

Writing Every Day Down. 🙂

Hugs,

Lisa

P.S. As a Life Guide, I am here to listen and offer guidance. Please feel free to contact me for a remote/virtual appointment. Where there’s life, there’s hope. Together, we can.