Mater's Corner: A Simple Year

My life is so simple and uncluttered. Yes. With six children under the age of 13 my life is simple and uncluttered. The reason for this is simple. I haven't filled up my days with endless activities. We don't do sports. We don't do extracurricular activities. We homeschool and go to church and Sunday school. Occasionally we have a playdate. None of my children ask for outings or sports or playgroups. I am the one who forces everyone to get in the car and do a family outing or a group playdate. In general we are just home. Any busy-ness that I have in my life is from the demands and cares of raising and educating children and the cares and demands of the animals. 

I have tried through the years to force myself to do outings and extra classes and co-ops for the kids. It's never really worked out for me or the kids. It might be a fit for one but not for the all the others. Or there's a birth or sickness that throws everything out of whack and we all end up home again. It gets harder and harder to pack them all up and try again with some new group. I am not a group person. I'm a social creature, but not with groups. I think my children are a lot like me. I'm not saying we will never do sports or fill our days with activities. There may come a time where that is what my life is like. For now though it is not filled up with worldly cares but filled up with life. I am not going to tell anyone what to do with their days. But if life seems too crazy try and just look and see what worries and cares are coming from impositions that you are putting on yourself. God has reminded me over the years to keep it simple.