Life right now is:Teaching K through Sixth Grade Music
Teaching private piano lessons at home
Rehearsing the children’s music and drama team at church for a Christmas production
Rewriting the Mythical Musical for the 6th grade at school so that everyone who wants to speak can have a part
Encouraging and challenging a talented 16, almost 17, year old
Getting the Cabin ready to show and sell
Feeling hopelessly weighed down with debt, bills, and splintered relationships
Knowing that I have changed and that some around me may never
Loving the fact that another young adult has launched and is a successful college freshman
Struggling to light a woodstove after 6 years of practice and success
Searching for kindling in the snow
Sweeping up the mess of sawdust and chips after lighting a fire
Trying to keep sinks clean when the men are working dirty jobs
Going outside and down stairs to the composting toilet because the septic holding tank is full
Putting my boots on and lacing them just to walk to the car or the downstairs
Actively trying to find and build relationships with other women while knowing I may move soon
Wanting to give my best to those close to me and knowing I am empty emotionally, and bankrupt financially.
Remembering to make my walk and sunshine time a priority as a spiritual, emotional, and physical health prescription
Why do the essential things always get crowded out in the clamor of the urgent?