Taken for Granted

Now that I am working from home full time, I feel very fortunate . There are times I know, that I foolishly take it for granted. I have the luxury of looking out the window into the woods while I write my book-well, not looking and writing simultaneously of course- or working in my studio, painting for hours on end.

My cats are always sitting-er, sleeping- next to me, or on me, or on my stuff, and looking at them gives me such pleasure. My dog sleeps by my feet, she is never far from my side. She is, as the pound worker told me, "A terrrier of some kind, she'll end up about 35 lbs." What she is, is the best dog. I am thrilled I can spend so much time with her. Unlike the cats, she never attempts to get on my lap, or walk on my stuff, or stand in front of my face for attention. She used to, but she stopped that when she hit 80 lbs...

Some days I become distracted and work on a few things at the same time, but in the end everything falls together. We all know muti-tasking comes from motherhood I am glad I learned it, multi-tasking that is, I am still learning motherhood. I think I am a slow learner, I am still learning new things 21 years into it.


I will try to be more gracious, and appreciate this time of my life for being able to do what I am passionate about.