Stretch is waking up at 4:58 am, turning on the coffee pot,
and putting my hair in a wrap around, side bun that I pretend is a hairstyle.
It’s dropping my kids at school before other people’s kids
wake up.
Stretch is loving someone else’s teens during the day, and
then, coming home and mustering the energy to play with Sticker Dolly Dressings
Wedding Book complete with 500 stickers at night. Oh, the stickers involved.
It’s making dinner even though I feel like making cereal.
Stretch is being a human being instead of a human doing, and
allowing God to work on my dreams while I work on life.
That's the real stretch, you know.
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24 comments:
yes. i know this stretch :-) beautifully put---human being vs. human doing. i like that. it's reassuring, somehow.
and for what it's worth, we have breakfast for dinner at least once a week. Just scramble some eggs with that cereal :-)
love to you, friend, and glad to be stretching alongside you,
steph
"Stretch is being a human being instead of a human doing, and allowing God to work on my dreams while I work on life."
So love this friend. Just love it. Thanks for sharing! Blessings!
"human being vs. human doing"...wow. Yes, we have work to do, day in and day out, but worrying and fussing about how it all will work out...yeah, that part should really be left up to God. oh...to continue to lean into the stretch...therein lies the rub.
So glad to have found you via #FiveMinuteFriday. Beautiful stuff here, beautiful stuff.
Oh Amy. This is perfect. How I love the way you tell it. Brilliant write, my friend. Thank you for this grace.
We may or may not have had cereal for dinner at my house. ;) Great post, Amy.
Oh, I second what others have said: "Stretch is being a human being instead of a human doing, and allowing God to work on my dreams while I work on life."
Powerful, powerful words!
Happy FMF!!
Oh man, am I being stretched!
Food for thought here today!
~ Wendy
I like this too: "human being" not "human doing." I forget sometimes the success of my day is not measured by how much I did but by who I was.
Allowing God to work on my dreams while I work on life. love this!
Yes, you've said it well Amy. It's the mundane of life that is often a stretch for me too. Lovely five minute write.
I love your writing style and your honesty...yes, teaching is an art!! I taught for nine years and I never realized how diff. teaching other kids than your own would be so much easier!!! Well, for me. I am homeschooling my pre-K kiddeo b/c he misses the Kinder mark by several mths. We can't afford pre-school. Anyhoo, I applaud your awesome mommy-ness!! P.S. I am guilty of cereal for dinner every once in a blue moon. (smile).
Oh Amy. I just serve the cereal a good bit. ;) I don't think the family will be too scarred. I make sure it is at least Raisin Bran. . I absolutely draw the line at Fruit Loops. . . .
I always love what you have here. But you're challenging me (stretching?) I go for the cereal many times and (ssshhhh, but I'm having my hard working husband bring a pizza home tonight) Tomorrow, I cook! ;)
Your words here... they make me feel like I am in a big circle of momma hearts. Just doing life as human beings not human doings. I love the real here. It is beautiful. Oh Amy, love it over here. :), friend. And I love your precious picture, bending forward loving life, smiling. Its PERFECT.
Well stated... And we moms and wives stretch daily in all sorts of shapes and sizes to make our loved ones happy.
yeah. it's a hairstyle. because my ponytail counts.
Thanks for reading, everyone. I appreciate all of you.
The human being and not human doing is something I heard in church recently!
I need this reminder to not to focus on the doing, but focus on the being. I think you're amazing, and cereal definitely counts as dinner;)
I absolutely love this, all of it. I always want to make cereal for supper and put my hair in weird styles that my kids make fun of me for. :-)
Thank you for your reminders here. I'm putting your words on my fridge so I can be reminded!
Words as beautiful as you, Amy!
Oh man, yes.
This is the life I know from the inside out. And wow, this line: "Stretch is being a human being instead of a human doing, and allowing God to work on my dreams while I work on life." Such wise words. I need a print of that! :)
Also, you're my featured five minute Friday this week :)
Thank you so much for sharing your words with us!
Lisa-Jo
Good stuff! I feel the sme way waking up early, doing chores, and finding the grace to teach 25 kids all day and then love my own each night at home with the same gusto and drive I gave all day! Cheering you on as you live a stretched life!
To all you who raise your own children and play a considerable role in raising others' children during the day: thank you for your heart to love and to teach and to pour out so much of yourself...may God give you the strength and energy for your work and your family each day, and may you have time to rest and refresh in Him.
From a teacher turned stay-at-home-mom who can't even begin to comprehend how you do both...peace and blessing to you all.
This is one of those FMF posts I wish I'd written. The mom in me, the wife in me, the woman in me, and the Christian in me says a hearty Amen!
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