I want my home to be a peaceful safe place, and so often it doesn't feel, or look, the way I wish it would. This isn't just about paintings on the wall, the right curtains, toys picked up and a sparkling clean kitchen. I've lowered my expectations about that stuff. The thing about home is that its messy. Not just the physical stuff you see when you walk in the door. The stuff that happens within these walls. Family life is so messy. Peaceful sometimes, but more often its noisy with laughter and loud playing. Noisy with strong emotions and people who each have their own ideas about what should happen next. Homework or playtime? Shower or supper? This game or that one? Speaking of supper, what are we having? When we don't all want the exact same thing, things get messy. And that's not some magazine picture or self help book. That's real life, messy family life, all within the walls of this place we call home. Sometimes chaotic, noisy, too messy to bear. Sometimes peaceful. Always filled with love.
Linking up with Lisa Jo Baker & Five Minute Friday
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