I Get To Do Everything For Everyone
- Ashleigh Atwood
- May 5, 2024
- 2 min read
I wasn’t prepared for this week’s “I Get To” Sunday,” so it’s not my greatest work, but…
I spent all of today doing things for the other people who live in this house:
My mother in laws son
My mother’s grandchildren
It was one of those days.
The girls wouldn’t stop fighting.
My husband burnt out from working so much this week (and rightfully so, he kicked ass).
The baby into everything.
I rage cleaned the house so I wouldn’t be a monster to everyone else.
By 10 AM, I was already moving the 3rd load of laundry to the dryer, the girls were showered, and the floors were swiffered and mopped.
Yeah.
I was MAD mad.
When the baby went down for a nap, I knew it was time to do yet another thing.
Genevieve’s birthday is coming up.
I promised we’d do her invitations while the baby was napping.
I am a glutton for self induced punishment, after all.
Anyways.
I took my head out of my ass and had her gather all of the stuff we’d need.
I’m severely OCD (like rituals, counting, only certain numbers are acceptable, not moving forward until that ritual is met, etc…) AND a major perfectionist.
Handing any task over to someone else (including my husband and my children) is quite the act of surrendering.
I told her she could write all the names on the envelopes and decorate them if she wanted.
Which left me with filling in 20 invitations by hand because I didn’t think to put my premium Canva to use.
She so proudly wrote all her friends’ names on the envelopes!
As my hand cramped and I was fuming from having to do yet another selfless act (I’m a selfish person, sue me), I thought “how amazing is this?!”
Not too long ago (like in the last year), we were drowning.
Only kept the roof over our head several times thanks to the amazing support of our families.
Yet today, even though I’m temporarily unemployed, my husband and I have managed to pull it together and give our firstborn the day she deserves!
This year is the first year I have taken the reins on my child’s party (shameful confession), and it is a sheer miracle we can swing it today!
Suddenly, my hand felt a little less crampy and my mood felt a little more lighter.
I will forever remember the days I prayed for what I have today.
Thank God for the 1.5 billion chances I’ve been given to get it right!
I think this time might be the one 😂
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