Look at his smiling face and happy, jazz hands despite the fact that he is covered in dirt and has puffs of dust floating around him. I wonder what kind of home life Pigpen had. Was he in poverty? Did he not have a mom that cared for him and bathed him? Or was he just a typical little boy who was always getting dirty? Anyway...I know how important it is to be clean and my life feels so much more chaotic when things are dirty. I want the Spirit in my home and I know it is so much MORE there when its clean. But I am tired. Haitian Roots feels like a full-time job lately. Being a mom to four kids under 8 is a full-time job, too. And I really want to just be able to focus on trying my best but not being too frustrated or unhappy if I feel like I'm living in a pigpen. So, if you come visit me, we'll have a good chat because a lot of really awesome things are going on right not. Just don't mind my dust.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Pigpen
Posted by Perla at 9:47 PM
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There are a lot of awesome things going on right now, and I feel like I never hear from you because you are "about our Father's business" and doing all kinds of crazyness and goodness, and I don't know how you are doing it at all when I just feel stressed at the idea of thinking I still need to let more spirits into our home -- and try to keep it clean. You are amazing, and the dust you may have around has to do not with laziness, but is a sign of all the great stuff you are otherwise occupied in.
P.S. I really like to think that Pigpen was just a little boy to the extreme and that all his mother could do was shake her head after bathing him just the night before and then having him come home having crawled through a dirt tunnel he made himself . . . that's what I hope.
I tend to think Pig Pen was a boy in the 5th grade, an extremely creative boy who often liked to build Legos, draw comics, pretend (even with his sister-gasp) and give his mama extra hugs in the morning because his older teenage siblins don't hug the mama anymore. He is just a bit forgetful when it comes to deodorant, brushing teeth, taking baths, cleaning his room, making his bed or changing his underwear. You know, somewhere in this comment I have crossed the line between a comic book and my own reality. But regardless, it is an interesting thing to think about, that little Pig Pen.
And, if I could, I would come and help you. I can't wait to hear what wonderful things you've got cooking. Keep up the good work!
I think you are so inspiring in so many ways!! What a blessing you are to so many people!!
Can I put a Haitian Roots button on my blog? Not that I get much blog traffic, but I'd like to anyway.
That was cute. I really like that your prioritys are straight. I love you SHan and you are such an amazing mom and everything else! Who cares if you have some mess once in awhile.
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