It's Monday morning. I am lying in bed around 6:30 am listening to the sounds of my husband getting ready for work. I hear the electric toothbrush hum as he lets the shower warm up. I hear the shower door close and the grunts and funny noises he makes when he is in the shower. I lay here thanking God for the day and counting my many blessings. I think of how wonderful my life is. I have a loving husband who always puts me and our family first. I thank God for my daughters, my son-in-law and my beautiful grandson. My husband comes out of the bathroom. I hear him put on his shoes and then I smell his cologne. The past month he has been wearing a cologne that my Daddy wore. The smell in the dark room brings back memories of my Dad long gone.
Then I begin to think about my busy day ahead. There are many things on my to do list today. Writing my blog, lead generation, my Monday sales report and several things I need to handle for my husband's business. My husband comes in to tell me goodbye and he is looking for a note he left on his night stand. I tell him he left it on the kitchen table. He says thanks. I ask him what he would do without me and his says he doesn't know and doesn't even want to try.
My cell phone rings a little after 7:00 am and it is my oldest daughter. Any time I get a call from my daughters at an unusual time a chill runs through me. I answer and she sounds terrible. She is sick and needs to go to the doctor. She ask if my day is full; I say no what do you need. She needs me to come and take care of my grandson. I tell her I will be there as soon as I can get myself together. I am ready and out of the house by 8:00.
On my drive to her house I think about my decision to join Keller Williams. I interviewed with several real estate companies but the one thing that put Keller Williams ahead of them all was their motto:
God, Family, Then Business
My years in the cold, corporate world were very different. I was a working Mom and they did not make it easy to put family first. The days when I needed to stay home with a sick child were not easy. I was second guessed and not understood. I look back on many days I struggled being the Mom I needed to be and keeping my job.
Sitting at my daughter's kitchen table working on my to do list while she rests on the couch and my grandson is asleep I am where I need to be today. All the things on my list will get done in time and in the right order.
Hope everyone has a great start to this week.
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