For Everything There Is A Season

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".