Busy

This week has been an extremely long week. Every day is busy, but this week . . . wow. It has left me drained. I sometimes feel like I have nothing more to give -- tapped out. But I go home, smile, and play with the kids, engage in conversation with my husband, all the while wishing I could crawl in bed and pull the covers up over my head. Am I the only one who feels this way? Balancing everyone's needs is a challenge - but somehow I make it through another day.

When life is busy, I realize all the more how quickly it passes. I was looking at pictures of Jacob and Grace from March of 2007 -- almost a year and a half ago -- and the difference is amazing. It's incedible to believe how they are growing. Compare these pictures to the more recent ones I have posted:

The changes are astounding. (Perhaps only to me - a mother's eye - I don't know. It's hard to be objective!)

Next week will be busy, too. The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?" "Are you doing what fulfills you?" (a quote, by the way, credited to Oprah Winfrey) So, I am gearing myself up to focus on "What am I busy at" to make sure that I am busy with things that fulfill me -- redefining my upcoming week.

. . . it's been an exhausting week . . . next week will be better . . .