Learning to Juggle Life

My life is like a bag a sand with a slow leak in it. My day starts out as a beautiful full, round bag....full of homeschooling, Sashi's school, my food storage commitments, Ian's friends coming over, cooking, cleaning, playing with children, being a caring wife and trying to find time for myself. As my day progresses "my bag" begins to leak out knowledge, patience, can do spirit, patience, imagination, determination, patience, patience, and a bubble bath. When the day is ended my bag is deflated, ugly, withered old thing that nobody would want to look at. I find when i have had a bath and have mommy time, my bag slowly starts to fill again. I find it calming to know that sand is never ending. I enjoy life and love to teach my children things. I don't always like having to "add" sand to my bag...it almost seems like it might burst with the pressure of outside obligations. At times i wish that the leak would increase in size so the outgoing sand would flow faster, maybe my day would be over sooner. I know that my bag will never be empty and this makes me really happy...an empty bag would surely mean death. Life is good...even when one seems like they are being pulled in every direction.