Balance

Tomorrow's the kick-off brunch for my SAMmy's group. First day of the new season. I'm SOOOO excited. My leadership team and I are meeting this morning for some last minute preparations. We have some new women attending this year. Most of the women from last year are attending again, so our numbers are up, which is exciting. The study material this year is something I CAN'T WAIT to teach on - and I just have an anticipation about the whole thing...it's going to be good, girls! So, today feels like the day before Christmas. I've all these loose ends to tie up - decorations, food preparations, guest list - all in planning for the big celebration that I just know will be a great time.

I'll have to clear my mind enough to do some writing this morning before my leader's meeting, while the laundry is going. That is actually something I love to do, coffee by my side - but, it gets to be such a struggle to fit it in between the busy work - the financials and the meetings, the dishes and the vacuuming, the phonecalls and the fundraising - not to mention actually being present when my children and husband are around. I was once asked, while being interviewed on the radio, how I balance it all. I kind of chuckled, and admitted that since it was a Christian broadcast I wasn't about to lie and therefore couldn't honestly answer...but, it was a great question. I asked the interviewer how HE balanced his life, because I certainly was not the person to ask - I was a work in progress and never did seem to have that one figured out! (He never did answer that question, come to think of it...) I always put God first - devotions and Bible reading...that's a given. And, on the odd chance I don't - I feel it, and pay for it. My schedule and list of things to do changes weekly, it seems. I have a loose routine - very loose - because things in my life change at the drop of a hat. That works for me, as long as I take a look at my schedule at the beginning of the week and know what I am doing, and then at the beginning of the day, when I do my devotions.

How do you balance it all, moms?