As we listened my daughter said "You'd never do that. You're always doing something."
I laughed because she's absolutely right. Aside from my type A-personality my single mother status has made it impossible for me to stop moving.
I thought a minute and said I'd probably lay around if I was really sick. And then I admitted that even when I'm sick I still manage to get things done. My daughter agreed and said "probably if you were in the hospital you would lay around. No, you'd probably be texting." Well nobody could accuse her of not paying attention to the crazy mom who's always floating around..she nailed it. I would be texting, sending emails, and probably squeezing in a few work phone calls.
My mom never stops moving either. (You'd think we'd both be thinner somehow...) And I wondered what that said about the two of us and what it meant for my daughter. We keep moving so that our family will have a clean home, clothes, food, wonderful birthday and holiday moments, and so much more. But I'm thinking that in this world of ever increasing pressure and information overload we need to send another message too. Sometimes you just need to spend a day in bed. Sounds great -- now all I need to do is just schedule that in...
Here's the official video for viewing pleasure: (we can discuss my questionable parenting skills for letting my kids watch this at another time...)
