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| Super woman to the rescue! |
Okay, so I'm not really super woman. But, sometimes it feels that is what I need to be just to get everything done. And, there is a lot to do - taking care of my daughter (feeding, diapering, playing, etc), tending to her special needs (ordering equipment, making and taking her to her appointments, filling out paperwork), cooking dinner, and taking care of the house - just to name a few! And, because my husband works second shift (he gets off until 1am), more often than not, I am the one who bares the brunt of the burden. On top of a full time job, you can imagine how easy it is for small things to fall through the cracks. So, I hope you won't hold it against me when I confess that when I left for GA my house was a wreck. I'm talking mail covering the kitchen table, toys scattered everywhere, laundry piled in baskets, sticky floor wreck. What can I say, the small things pile up!
Now, imagine my surprise when I arrived home last Monday and found the house nearly spotless! While I was away my dear sweet husband and mother in law cleaned nearly every room of the house (laundry room and basement excluded). He said he worked on it for several hours each night, and I can believe him.
Perhaps my most favorite room in the house is my brand new office! Located in my daughter's old bedroom, the walls are covered in bright geometric shapes. Right behind my desk is a section of wall that has been painted in chalk board paint, and another section that has been painted in dry erase paint. It is furnished with a hodgepodge of old furniture from our past lives - a worn desk my husband picked up at a garage sale, an ugly desk chair pulled from the trash, a relatively new bookshelf and filing cabinet, and a small writing desk from when I was a child. And, let me tell you, I love it!
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| A picture of my desk area. |
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| A picture of the bookshelf and filing cabinet. |
My most favorite part of my new office, though, has to be that small desk from when I was a child. Relatively useless to me as a child (sorry, mom and dad), I have big plans for it now. I hope to make it into my home altar. I imagine filling it with precious possessions - momentous that remind me to STOP, BREATH and CONSIDER what is really important in life. Certainly I'll place a chalice in there, and I am thinking of adding pictures to the underside of the top. I also really love the idea of creating and adding meditation stones, similar to the yard art seen at Refreshing the Home.
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| Yard art Stones from Refreshing the Home. |
Currently, the only thing on / in the small desk is an incense holder and matches. I picked up the incense and incense holder at Trader's World. The incense holder resembles a boat. It is decorated with golden suns, stars and moons. I keep it at the top of my desk to remind me that life is a journey.
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| The small writing desk has a slanted surface with a small flat spot at the top, perfect for the incense holder. |
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| The inside of the desk holds nothing but a can of matches. I hope to fill it with objects I find sacred. |
As I fill the small desk, I hope to use it daily. Most of all, I hope it helps me find my center. With all that is on my plate, that is something I desperately need.
- Ms. Meredith
P.S. Do you have a home altar? Use the comments and tell me what you have on it. I'm always looking for inspiration!
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