Space

(My flowers look nothing like this right now, all have mostly died  I wll start
again wth new ones soon!)

What is "me time"?

 In the beginning of "mommyhood", I was one to say, "be careful not to loose yourself." 

 In a way as you mother or be a wife, a friend, a neighbor..you do kinda lose yourself in a good way or maybe you don't hold onto yourself so tightly. 

Love says, I am not the most important all the time.

 Not as, "I am non existent" but that my needs are not the most important all the time.  Or, " I can get involved in who you are and still be a person."  Maybe my interests sometimes get put on the shelf, but they are still there.

I don't love the word, "me time".  Maybe it has been overused or it just sounds very "me."  I feel it doesn't accurate portrayal of what is needed.  It hit me the other day that what I really crave at times is:

quiet time, creative time, non responsive time, space....

It fulfills that introvert part of myself.

So I continue to find space in the days to be in the Word, write, read, sit, and find some creative outlet...

and that is good!

(This sweet treasure I brought back with me from Mississippi.  A little white shelf my husband made in
7th grade shop class when he was young...I love it!)