Tis' the season to feel insane! As a wife, mom, friend, church planting wife and neighbor I am completely overwhelmed (hence the lack of blog entries). Every year I go through the same routine...I over commit, bake too many cookies, go to too many parties, volunteer to be the room mom for both my kids' classes, shop, send cards and packages and end up feeling stressed out. One year I told Vince that I was completely stressed out and he told me to do less stuff. Yeah, that was helpful. This year I told Vince that I wish I didn't have any responsibilities in life. He told me that was ridiculous. When am I going to learn...to stop venting to Vince? (ha ha)
Seriously, when will I change? Will I continue to torture myself year after year? I think part of the problem is that I feel a great sense of responsibility. For instance, every year I make a ton of cookies for my neighbors. I give them a basket filled with 7 different kinds of cookies with an invitation to our Christmas Eve service. It's become tradition for me. It's also a pain in the butt! This year I had to plan two Christmas parties for my kids' classes. I love being active in their classrooms. I build relationships with their teachers and other parents. It's totally cool, but it takes up a lot of time.
So, what do you think? Am I wrong? Right? Is Vince right - do I just need to do less? Or should I keep doing all this because it's all important? --- And what about you? Can you relate? Have you had to make any changes in your life, in general, or at Christmas-time? Leave some comments; unless you're too busy!!!!
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