My apologies in advance if this post seems a little scattered...

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about the many duties of a wife and mother and how one is supposed to accomplish them all or pick and choose what gets done and what doesn't. I have sought some help and advice from people I know and books I am reading. While I am still working things out in my mind, here are some of the things I have learned.

1) The only way to get done what needs to be done is to focus your life around Christ. Make him the center and prioritize what He would rather you do.

2) Some things are not going to get done. Decide what is most important and let the rest go.

3) People are always more important than things. If my children or my husband need my attention while I am doing housework, I will give them my attention... the housework will be there when I get back. ;-)

4) I absolutely MUST make time to give back to myself each day... spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally. This is something I have really struglled with, but have also been finding that when I am not making time for myself each day, I actually accomplish less, feel miserable and usually make those around me miserable as well.

A couple of books I highly recommend are Heart of a Handmaiden by Cathy Corle and Taking Care of the Me in Mommy by Lisa Welchel.