No Time / No excuse
Seems today we hear this a lot from everyone, but have you
ever wondered where did they find the time years ago when family’s had 8-12
kids and a farm to run or jobs to go to, a garden to plant and meals to make an
old milk cow to milk.
I remember no matter
how busy the adults, we always were included helping in the garden, or cooking
the meal, doing chores.
Nowadays it seems folks
turn on the TV or charge up the iPod and hope those things entertain the kids
long enough for them to get dinner ready.
My love of Gardening
and Cooking as well as work ethic came from being aloud/expected to help and
have fun right alongside Gram in the garden deciding what to pick to make the
meal.
I believe involving
your children in the daily works is how we inspire them to love cooking,
gardening and teach them to feel the gratification of a hard day’s work. I can
sit here today and remember the feeling of dirt in my hands and singing along
with gram and grandpa as we pulled carrots or dug potatoes from the garden, or
standing on a chair to reach the counter to help knead bread dough or going up
to milk old black before we could relax and play games in the evening.
These memories are so precious to me. What
memories are you building with your children and how do you involve them in the
daily chores? The title No time /No excuse to me is what we should live by, the
time from birth to collage or adulthood is so much faster than we can imagine
that we need to grasp every moment we can to make a lasting impression on our
kids’ lives so please do not waste a moment.
Please take the time to teach as well as love
your children every day!
~ Windy ~
