Monday, December 8, 2008

Where does the time go?

Think of the things a parent is asked for. The wipe of a nose, say, or the fetching of a top or a pair of shoes. The interventions between siblings. The lifting of a little set of eyes. The tidying of plastic parts. The rescuing from certain death due to Christmas lights and little fingers. The fixing of meals. The changing of diapers. The tucking in. The reading of stories. Think how often a simple request must be fulfilled. A small request that requires no longer than a few minutes. But over. And over. And over again. How much time can possibly pass between requests? Five minutes? If a miracle, fifteen? So if a request takes five minutes--or more--and happens every ten minutes, then you know where a parent's time goes.

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