Good morning y’all!
I’m so proud of myself for my consistency in participating in the Five Minute Friday Prompt Linkup. Of course, being sheltered at home has played a role in that by clearing out my otherwise-busy work schedule, so there’s that.
Regardless, I’m actually glad for the challenge of this weekly prompt. It’s making me think a little quicker on my feet – something I’m not necessarily good at because I like to chew on my words a bit, which the challenge of writing for only five minutes doesn’t allow.
But enough about that. It’s time to queue up the timer and get busy.
Today’s prompt is patient.
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What a loaded word, eh? As an overachieving gal, being patient can be tough.
I want things done ASAP, and I don’t have a lot of patience for people who take too long to complete tasks or make me wait to complete mine.
I am a check-it-off-the-list kind of gal.
However, Hurricane Michael, which hit us exactly 18 months ago today, primed me for the patience I need now, during this pandemic.
I am learning to be patient while we wait for the insurance company to approve our estimates to get our house fixed.
I am learning to be patient while subcontractors add us to their lists to visit our home to give us said estimates.
Currently, I’m trying to learn to be patient while students I can’t see perform tasks I can’t be with them to work through.
Being patient is hard . . . especially when it involves connecting with parents who previously took a hands-off approach to their children’s schooling and expected teachers to do the grunt work.
I’m learning to be patient in other areas as well . . . waiting for grocery deliveries . . .
Waiting for the mailman to deliver my Amazon packages. I mean, such moments are highlights of my day.
Being patient is an art form, I’m discovering. It’s one I’m slowly learning, sometimes not too easily.
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Y’all, I did it. I have no idea how coherent my thoughts above are, but I actually finished my prompt when the timer went off!
Whoop whoop!
I hope you have a blessed day on this Good Friday.
I pray that you take time to rest and remember that it was today that our Lord, Jesus Christ, surrendered His will to His father’s and laid down His life for ours.
May we never forget that no matter how life looks, especially now when things can seem so dreary, there is an eternal good that happened so many years ago and is waiting for us when Jesus returns.
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Thank you for these words of encouragement today. Also as a parent of three elementary school aged children, I want you to know that I really appreciate all the hard work the teachers have put into teaching children online. It is a joy watching my children continue to learn and grow from home.
Blessings.
well-written this! You’re doing good ma’am. Keep it up eh? Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Be patient with yourself as you learn patience. =)
You did good, LOL, and I so relate to a lot of what you wrote.
Happy Resurrection Sunday!
I used to hop from foot to foot,
impatient for the day to come,
another day to sack and loot
with the rising of the sun.
I used to talk, yes, way too fast,
and my language would appall,
but he laughs longest who laugh last,
and now I cannot talk at all.
The slow cadence of ASL
is today my spoken word,
and I must do it slow and well
in order that I may be heard;
to add life to stately signed epistle,
I do roll eyes, and sometimes whistle.