Let's Get Going!

To My Five Dear Daughters:

 

As you know, Dad and I are at a crossroads:

the empty nest

after nearly 35 years.

 

There are so many things I want to do in my new life,

things I really like to do.

I have the time

and enough resources.

I even have the energy (I think).

 

But I'm afraid one day will pass, then another,

then a week, and a month, and a year,

and I will have wasted a lot of my precious time.

 

Sure, I may have straightened the kitchen daily,

made my bed (usually),

kept up the laundry,

taught piano lessons,

tidied here and there,

made a little food,

prepared a Sunday School lesson (some weeks better than others),

talked to my kids and mom some.

 

But I want so much more from life.

 

I want to learn to fiddle.

I want to read the whole conference Ensign.

I want to learn to play Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu.

I want to finish Lucy's and Josh's baby quilts.

I want to be a more involved grandma.

I want to be a visiting teacher who makes a difference.

I want to have people over for dinner more often.

I want to make neighbor Christmas gifts early this year so they actually get out.

I want to do family history.

I want to make something pretty to hang on the stairwell wall.

I want to write another novel--one that works better than the other one.

I want to organize some cupboards.

I want to become an excellent cook of healthy foods.

I want to sew the weights in the bottoms of my beautiful new drapes.

I want to get serious about stretching and walking and stretching.

 

That's just the tip of my list.

 

Do you struggle to find the gumption to just do what you really want to do?

 

I know you're all much busier than I am,

but I'll bet all of you experience some frustration of not getting at

some of the neat things you want to do.

 

I invite you to team up with me.

To get going together.

 

Here's what I'm thinking:

At the first of each week, each of us posts on the blog ONE (only one) project

we want to do that week.

Some projects can easily be started and finished

within a short period of time

(sometimes just minutes), 

while others need to be broken up into one-week-sized pieces.

 

At the first of the next week,

each of us reports on how we did on that one goal.

Photos will be a nice touch, especially before and afters.

And if we end up doing more, let's report on that, too.

 

After the old goal is reported on,

then we set a new goal for the coming week.

 

Let's be generous in our praise and encouragement with one another.

That will be a great source of our strength. 

And let's pray for inspiration and motivation. The Lord will help us.

 

Please comment soon on what you think of this plan.

 

I want to make this so that all of us can post.

Not sure how to do that, but I'll get back with you as soon as I know. (Cameron......)

Meanwhile, just use the comments option.

 

Tell me if you want to participate, or tell me if you don't.

 

Love, Mom