The Wax of Life

The other day I was changing the millionth horribly fowl diaper of the morning. Oh I cannot even begin (don't worry I won't) to describe the stench! My twin boys had been sick for two weeks at this point!

I held my breath and hurried as fast as I could to get my son clean and get that awful thing out of my house.

The fresh air was fabulous on the way back from the garbage can outside. I couldn't enjoy it for long, because my boys were inside still smelling it! My poor babies!!

I hurried into the house and grabbed my 'Odor Out' spraying it into the fan, thinking this helps it to spread faster. I stopped holding my breath and *sigh* it was instantaneous, the stench was gone!! YIPPEE!!!

A thought came to me regarding how odors effect me.

I was feeling completely overwhelmed and extremely unhappy about this awful situation. The smell was overpowering my senses. my gag reflex had been in full swing. My entire being was ready to be away from the whole savory ordeal.

It was not just the "delightful aroma" that had me overwhelmed.

I was a bit drained from changing so many diapers of the same quality (this must have been the worst one though) for so long - Face it, SLAVERY!

I was changing clothes and bedding and bathing two boys multiple times a day.

The laundry in and of itself... yah that smelled great too.

Everyday things that had to be taken care of, feeding, watering, cleaning. I pick up my friends kids from school because she works. My home business had to be attended to; I had orders to enter and product to deliver.

There was just a lot of life and all it's add ons. When kids get sick it throws a flavorful skunk into things.

I was very grateful to have such a fantastic resolution to the stinky issue.

I could function again now that I didn't' want to vomit.

I bet you have had similar situations. You've been overwhelmed, overcome, maybe even unhappy with how things are going at any given moment.

If you are a mom or a dad, or ANYONE, you have probably been unable to control yourself when the scrumptious banquet is in front of you and the emanation You just keep adding more and more until you suddenly find all your favorite fragrant pieces falling all over the floor. NOW LOOK WHAT YOU DID!!! You got it on your best friend!

Time Management.
For me learning time management has been a major help with locating my life's harmonious essence. I will tell you all about it .

A few days later I was really overwhelmed, I had taken the boys to the Doctor and they were finally on the mend. But I had so many things going on That I was forced to stop and take a breath... What do you think I smelled?

Lemon! Coconut Lemongrass to be exact.

What an uplifting and fabulous thing to smell at that moment. Lemon. You know the expression, "When life gives you lemons..." hehehe I had to sit down and think a moment.

I suddenly realized that with all the things I was trying to do perfectly (I am a rational perfectionist now) I was missing out on a few important things.

First, I was holding my breath.

I was missing out on the benefits of breathing.

I have always been trying desperately to get everything done and putting important things off until the first thing was finished. Well guess what... Life goes on, time doesn't stop and there is never a moment when everything will be done.

So I pulled my chair up next to my two year old sons chairs and we drew a picture together.
I don't draw much more than flowers. So we drew flowers.

Hopefully they will appreciate them. When we were all tired of drawing we stepped outside together. Oh it WORKED! The boys headed for the flowers. So we sniffed ALL the flowers we could find.

I took time out to just be. To be with my boys. To be a mom. To be a child. To be carefree. To be happy.

I decided then and there to let life happen and get today's most important things done first. Time with my boys smelling flowers. That was VERY important.

I discovered that I am not the kind of person who can micromanage my time and write every little thing out and schedule things.

I tried. It stressed me out.

I am a mother of two very unpredictable twin boys for heavens sakes!

The spices of my life never want monotony. So I started using my white board to write down the things that I needed to accomplish this week. Not today or tomorrow, but this week (unless I had an appointment of course).

A weekly list of things that needed to be accomplished before the week was over, whatever they may be.

If I felt like it I would erase them as I completed the task. I didn't' worry about the dishes (no dishwasher) piling up, or the pile of cheerios under the table increasing.

Not that it isn't important to be clean, I will do it, before the week is over, and maybe two or three times.

I made sure my sons washed their hands and faces when they were finished doing something dirty and we went to play and learn together.

By the end of every week I almost always had everything on my lists completed.

I checked off dishes, vacuuming, mopping, bathroom, people to call, orders to enter, etc. Then I put them back on!

It was a new week and they all needed to be done again.

Nothing is ever going to go away, it will just have to be cleaned, I still have to get the kids, I will have to make phone calls, and I will have to enter orders. Even if I cleaned every second of every day I would JUST BE DOING THAT.

My sons and I are much happier spending quality time together and I am getting everything accomplished that I need to without stressing.

Managing out time is something that should bring us happiness and allow us the moments to do what needs to be done while enjoying the scented moments of our lives.

And that my friends is the wax of life.

Enjoy right now!

Cara :)