The groceries have to be purchased and meals made.\u00a0 Jobs must be done. \u00a0Dirty clothes need to be washed.\u00a0 Bills must be paid.\u00a0 Children, and some adults, need to be cared for.\u00a0 Homes must be maintained.\u00a0 Appointments must be kept and transportation arranged.\u00a0 It’s enough to make a girl’s head spin.<\/p>\n
What do you eliminate?\u00a0 How do you find relief?<\/p>\n
I don’t know.\u00a0 I wish I knew.\u00a0 I wish there were an easy\u00a0three step process to follow.\u00a0 I haven’t found one.<\/p>\n
It’s not always easy to do and there is definitely risk involved.\u00a0 There have been some who don’t want to hear the honesty, and they certainly don’t want to speak the truth.\u00a0 But mostly, I’ve found that when I come clean with the struggles of keeping it all together, I’m met with sighs of relief and responses of ‘me too’.<\/p>\n So I may not have an easy three step process to make life more manageable, but I do have a few women who remind me that I’m not alone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When talking with women in my life as of late, there seems to be a common thread:\u00a0 How do you\u00a0ease your load and replenish your soul when you’ve already pared down your schedule to it’s bare bones?\u00a0 When you’ve quit … Continue reading ![\"FB_20150209_12_10_10_Saved_Picture\"](\"http:\/\/www.karen-gustafson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/FB_20150209_12_10_10_Saved_Picture.jpg\")
<\/a>What I have found, though,\u00a0is there’s something about sharing my struggles with other women that brings some relief.\u00a0 It doesn’t\u00a0change my schedule, but it makes\u00a0my heart a little lighter.\u00a0 I know I’m\u00a0not alone.\u00a0 I know I’m not crazy or weird.\u00a0 And I find\u00a0grace and mercy given to me when I won’t give it to myself.<\/p>\n