I HAVE LEARNED THAT SELF- CARE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH OF MY FAMILY AND MYSELF.

I waited for years for the magic maid and all her helpers
to come wait on me hand and foot. I'm sure she knew
that I needed her assistance and lets face it, it sure
looked like she had been to most of my girlfriends
places!

I'm still waiting...... she never arrived.

What exactly was I waiting for? Well I didn't know
how to get everything done that NEEDED to be done
and still find time to do somethings that filled my
own tank.

One day when I was totally overwhelmed by the
enormity of raising five children, one of them with
high special needs, I sat down on the couch and
sobbing said "God, I don't know how to do this,
everyone reminds me that I have a child with
special needs and as far as I can see, I have 5
children, all with their own special needs and my
husband has a few of his own special needs as
well!, Whose needs am I supposted to be
meeting today?", and very clearly God dropped
into my Spirit, YOURS.

That day was the beginning of me thinking that
I needed to find time for myself , to check out
how I was traveling through life, to put in place
somethings that worked for me and my family
so I could have a break.

For the next 3 years I had a girl come twice a
month, one day she picked up our eldest child
and the grocery list and got our shopping done
for the month, she also came home and put it
all away, and on the other day she came at 7am
and stayed til 7pm and I walked out of the house
as she arrived and came home again when the
kids were all ready for bed, during that day I
did whatever I wanted, visited friends, met
my husband for lunch, sat and read at a cafe,
whatever worked for me.

Don't wait till you fall apart to take time out,
life as a Mum can be a huge juggling act, find
what works for you and enjoy it.

The Magic Maid is not coming and she hasn't
been to your girlfriends either.