Friday, 19 February 2010 -- Day 61

One of the last times I sat w/ Mom outside their home late last summer, she looked at her flower beds and saw all the weeding and pruning that needed to be done. I had worked on them previously, my brother had worked on them, and some watering and weeding fairies had even snuck over to pitch in. Yet, as we sat there together, she was focusing on the work that needed to be done rather than enjoying being together in the beautiful late summer sunshine. I know I've done the same. I was raised on the philosophy that you work first and play later. Somehow later didn't always come, or when it did I was too exhausted to enjoy it. I remember thinking while sitting w/ Mom then that I didn't want to become this.....worrying more about what needed to be done rather than appreciating all that had been done. Mom was always appreciative so please don't think that she was never satisfied. But I want to learn how to play first and work later; my husband has been trying to teach me this lesson for 18 years. Tonight I'm going to be a good pupil, and cut my post short so I can go downstairs and visit w/ my daughter.