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Not Good Enough(!?)

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You know those Facebook Memories things that pop up on your phone? How do you feel about those? I mostly love them, but sometimes I don't.  I guess that's how it is with memories! Today, this one appeared, from 2 years ago: "It's ok to not be good at stuff.  See this coat here? I'm not good at taking things to be dry cleaned. Ever. I've had this coat for 14 years--wore it all over the Italian trains on my honeymoon--it's never once been washed. Maybe that's partly because I'm not good at not being sentimental? Other things I'm not good at: *Making Hosea sleep in his own bed *Noticing when my children's nails need to be trimmed *Letting things go *Taking out the recycling before it's overflowing everywhere *Putting effort into cooking *Pretending I care when my girls tell me about the next level they've gotten to in this weird game they play on my phone *Cleaning my shower *With-holding judgement and expectations *S