It is crazy how busy we get sometimes. I mean really we rush our kids off to school. Then rush back home to start our housework. We make a quick stop at the grocery store to pick up a few items then rush back home to get the kids back for nap. Then we hastily cook dinner. Before we know it time has come to pick the kids up from the bus. We rush their homework and then get dinner in front of them before it's time for practice. Then we rush out to practice.
Up until about 3 weeks ago I had an activity going on every night of the week except Friday. My daughter Ayanna had an activity 3 nights out of the week. Finally, she told me "mom I think I want to just stay home and play." I thought, "What? you don't want to go to cheerleading and you want to miss AWANA?" She said, "yes really all I want to do is play." I thought for a minute and then realized I had allowed myself to do one of the things I said I would never do. Become entrapped by busyness. Thank God for the wisdom of children to bring us back down to earth when we become wrapped up in the things of this world. How reasonable is it that a child would just want to play at age 6. I think sometimes we feel like our child is missing out on something if we don't have them involved in every activity out there. However, the best investment we can make with our children is time and allowing them to be children.
