I’m not good at asking for help. In fact, there have been times when help was offered and I was too prideful to accept the help. But I’ve been having more and more debilitating headaches. It was affecting every part of my life. So Eric and I took some time to figure out what could change and what needed to stay the same.
Now #3 son is going to the local neighborhood school and getting some services he needed that our charter school could not provide. Our daughter is enrolled in afternoon preschool and in a few weeks will be evaluated to see if she is still on target developmentally or if she might benefit from some therapies. Also, we have a local woman coming in for 2 hours a week to clean. I keep a pretty clean house but knowing that Debbie will clean the floors on Monday allows me to do other things for my family. We won’t always have the money to do this, but we do now and I’m so thankful!
I will admit, it was hard to make these changes. I wanted to be able to do it all on my own. But it was too much and I was starting to suffer from it. Now I have a few more minutes in my day … Minutes I can use to kiss my husband, help one of my kids with their schoolwork, share my thoughts here on this blog again, HAVE complete thoughts again, and just breathe!
Lord, help me to be thankful for the peace when it comes and to accept the help when offered! And, when it’s the right time, please show me to whom I can give help!
Now that I am working, I am having a hard time getting everything done as well. I feel bad for the kids, because they have been having to do so much more (chore wise) than usual. Thankfully, they haven’t complained… Am also having to try and find some way to make homeschooling a little easier, and Jared may even be attending a charter school this fall (if he is accepted)… So many changes…
Hope your headaches stop!