What's Important?

Our days are packed with activity from our jobs, church, community volunteer work, housework, and whatever else gives us the right to say, "There just isn't enough time in the day!" Our families are included in our busy schedules, yet from time to time, we should consider having some true quality time with our children. Not only would this make them feel special, yet they would have better attitudes towards themselves and us. I've decided AGAIN to make more of an effort to have "do nothing" days with my two sons and just hang out with them doing things they enjoy or nothing at all. They love family time, yet we don't have it often enough. They love sitting at the dinner table as a family and that's about the only consistent thing we do plus watch American Idol together. Puzzles, board games, reading books, or just having "chat time" are all things that take time and the truth is...we find time to do what we WANT to do. What's Important? Yes, I home school my sons and you're probably thinking how much more time can I spend with them? The times when I'm their "school" teacher is not counted as quality time, nor are the times when we're in the car going from one place to another running errands. One on one time with no disturbances is my idea of true quality time. What's yours? If we only have 15 minutes a day to spend with our children between cooking, bath time, homework, and extracurricular activities, they deserve this uninterrupted 15 minutes, regardless of their age.