“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”

-Phyllis Diller

Once a day, take 15 minutes to make your physical surroundings more joyful. This means something different to everyone.

For me, it’s cleaning, organizing and giving stuff away. Listen, let’s face the facts: Super-mom’s got five kids, so there’s only so much I can do, Super-people!

I surrender to the flow, and to the joy my twin toddlers get from pulling all the cereal boxes down from the pantry shelves and strewing Cheerios everywhere.

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