I had the opportunity in Sunday school class to get insight from parents who raised some pretty terrific kids. They were the parents of my dear friends Shon and Jenny Yust. Our discussion was regarding how to focus more time on family. There were 2 things that I don't want to forget so I decided to blog about it.
1. Find time in the mundane tasks. This isn't how Jen's dad said it but it was how I took it. He talked about how growing up on a farm whenever he had to go to town he'd grab a kid or two and load them up in the truck and take them along for the ride. He talked about the conversations and the things he would learn during those moments. He also shared how sometimes they would play games or use imagination to pretend their truck was an airplane and they were headed to a far away land instead of the feed store!
It made me think of how I always try to figure out how to run my errands without kids. How my focus is almost always on how much faster I could get things done if I could just go by myself. In the past, I have waited and gone to the grocery store at 11 o'clock at night just to be able to go alone.
2. Finding hobbies to do together.
Arty and I couldn't think of a hobby for which we both share a passion we could share with our kids.
I welled up with emotion when Shon's dad shared that his children are his single greatest accomplishment. If he had one regret, it was that he didn't spend more time with his kids. Even more specifically, he wished he had spent more time having FUN with his kids.
I want to find moments to share with my girls in the mundane tasks of my life. I want to find hobbies and activities to share together. And most important, I want to always feel grateful for my family and believe they are my greatest accomplishment.
It was a good weekend. I had fun with my husband and kids.
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