Hannah and Emma's Future Plans

I'm not sure if I have written about this before, but my girls and I have a plan for when they grow up. They will either go to work with Daddy and sell lumber or they will become my business partners and run the family business. They are allowed to get married; with one stipulation...they must move into the attic with their husbands and live at home. I have promised to give them a job and a home if they will honor my one request and never move away from me. I tried to convince them to stay little forever, but they were way too smart for that one. They know they have to grow up, but what they don't know is that once they are old enough to marry; their plan to live in my attic will be much less appealing. But for now, it is our plan and I cherish the moments when we talk about it and they actually believe it and look forward to it and make plans for it! In fact Hannah asked me just yesterday if they make bunk beds big enough for grownups. (I had forgotten their plan and thought she wanted them for their room now.) I asked her why she needed adult bunk beds and she said, "You know, for when Emma and I move into the attic with our husbands! You see, they have the plan all worked out. They will get big bunk beds and their husbands will bunk up top and Emma and Hannah will bunk on the bottom so they can chat together at night. (Their words, not mine!)

If only they could stay little forever. I hope they continue to love each other and love our home as much as they do now. I never want them to leave and I hope they feel the same way for a very long time!

Today Emma and I surprised Hannah at school and dropped in to eat lunch with her. As Emma and I were pulling out of the parking lot to leave, Emma chimes in from the back of the van; "Mom, when I grow up I don't want to grow up to be anything." I inquired, "What will you do all day if you do nothing?” Her reply, "Play. But Mom, maybe not when I grow up, how about just today?" I said, that is fine, for today, you can be nothing and just play.

I didn't say so, but today that is my wish too! I'd love a day to be a nothing...not a business owner, a housekeeper, a pet owner, a bill payer, a keeper of the schedule, the cook, the laundry folder, the gardener, the grocery shopper, and all of the other roles that I can play in one day. One day to be nothing but a mom and wife without the worry of the rest, would be pretty amazing. So, today I will work hard to finish my work so this weekend, I can play with Emma and be a "nothing" with her! May we all aspire to be a "nothing" once in a while, so we can enjoy some playtime with those most important to us.