The Days are Long, but…
Thanks to mommybanker for sharing this one-minute clip by Gretchen Rubin. I felt a tug in my heart as I viewed the video because the scene was all too familiar for a working mom like me.
Many times I would complain about the smallest of things and how I squeeze in too many tasks in a day and still end the day fretting over what tasks I didn’t get to do. As a working mom-turned-entrepreneur, my days can get really long, and I usually go to bed too tired to give my 100% attention to my daughter Zoe. Our bedtime routine of washing up, brushing our teeth, and snuggling in bed as we read Zoe’s favorite book of the day (or tell stories when the lights are out) had turned to just that, a routine. Last night, it wasn’t the best of days, and when Zoe pleaded for another story and then another, I turned her down and pretended to sleep, until both of us feel asleep eventually.
Gretchen Rubin’s insights made me realize that our storytelling time, as well as our other mother-daughter routines that may spell ordinary to some, is something I should cherish while it’s here. And that a few years down, when Zoe learns to read on her own and won’t be needing my help at all, I’d very much realize that yes, the days may be long, but the years are, indeed, short.
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