The Rush of Freedom

It's 1:34pm, and I have to pick up my first two children (one very busy toddler and a strong-willed preschooler)in an hour. Didn't I JUST drop them off? I'm scanning through my to-do list in my brain right now to make sure I am knocking-out as much as I can. My breath is shallow, and I am quite amped. The next thought that comes through my mind is: "Why do you have to work so hard when the "yayhoos" are gone...how about you just totally relax?" I mean, I'm almost always working. Even when I'm sitting in the presence of my children with no cleaning solution or laundry or food-prep in my hands, my "on-switch" is activated. Surely another mom out there can hear what I'm sayin? Anybody feeling me? It's at this point that, as we rush through our free (of kids) time that we need to instead, FEEL THE RUSH OF FREEDOM. Freedom from "doing." Freedom from serving any master that pushes its way to the top above simply being in peace and quiet within. Now, with 45 minutes remaining until pick-up, I will take a deep breath in & out over and over......and ride the wave of this hour of my life. :))