Feature photos of the week (ix)
My inclination is to workaholicism. On Thursday, March 15, I finished the final edit of my book and book proposal and sent it off to four lucky publishers. Despite appearances, send it off shook me quite a bit. The act of submitting one’s work for evaluation…is it worth it…is it good enough…
I have months to wait to find out.
In the meantime, I am enjoying not working (as much). My goal was to submit by summer. Goal met.
Now I reflect on life, more than usual, more than just for the sake of writing and producing something to publish, but because I see my patience worn thin. The kids are tired of me working so much, as is the spouse, as am I.
This week is all about savoring the small moments.
Take accidents with a dose of laughter.
A few items were delivered by mistake in Peter’s medical shipment. We know how to make the most of these errors.
Watch when they don’t think you’re watching.
“Rest time” is a joke. Two children chose to rest out of doors before the rainy season began again.
It fills my heart to hear them talk together, play together, build their world together. We cannot give them everything. I am so glad we gave them each other.
Love your bed.
I am on the hunt for the perfect set of sheets. Pima or Supima cotton percale, long-staple, pure white sheets that will not drive us into debt. Is it so much to ask? Apparently, because for the second time since this intentional search, the fitted sheet has worn thin and torn.
Time to invest. Enter Brooklinen, previously given loving looks of longing but avoided because of the high sticker shock.
Then I read the website.
“We take great pride in the craftsmanship of our sheets and expertise of our manufacturing team. As such, we provide a lifetime warranty on all of our sheets. If your sheets ever pill, rip, or fray, simply give us a shout and we’ll repair it. If a repair is impossible, we will replace the item free of charge.”
- Lifetime guarantee…I started a live chat, they really mean it, even though they recommended replacing the sheets every two years, they will still guarantee them.
- They will try to repair first. The EPA estimates about 21 billion pounds of textiles go into our landfills each year. I am so pleased to see a company making the effort.
I have not made the bed yet with the new sheets. I want to wash the sheets on a sunny day to dry on the clothesline. Crisp white sheets, the fragrance that comes with fresh air and not another additive, that moment when I quote my three-year-old, “my feet are fighting” because I cannot stop moving them around the bed, feeling the goodness of the moments, the goodness of sheets, the goodness of home.
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