For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time for Chicken Pot Pies covered with special messages and hearts …
and a time to throw away the frozen pizza burnt to a crisp in the toaster oven because the brand new puppy had to pee;
a time for doing lessons in the living room with a puppy in your lap …
and a time for taking the lessons to Panera so you can get things done without the puppy;
a time to complain …
and a time to laugh
a time to buy more hair and makeup supplies than you ever thought a kid could need …
and a time to fill your Trader Joe’s buggy with every impulse item you can find;
a time to try to work at home in your writing room …
and a time to escape to the local coffee shop to actually get the work done;
a time to eat oranges and chocolate made by your daughter …
(when you throw out your back and are stuck in bed)
and a time to teach her how to make tomato sauce from scratch;
(so next time you’re stuck in bed you can have a real meal)
a time to rest …
and a time to walk;
a time to stretch …
and a time to wait;
a time to do your own experiments …
and a time to let them experiment on their own;
a time to come inside and do your writing assignment …
and a time to stay outside making mud cakes;
a time to drink coffee in peace while you read…
and a time to drink coffee in the midst of total chaos;
a time to notice tiny moments of beauty all around.
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This photo essay is part of a blog hop with Exhale—an online community of women pursuing creativity alongside motherhood, led by the writing team behind Coffee + Crumbs. Click here to view the next post in the series "Still Motherhood".