Life has been VERY busy lately. Not only is school back in session, the garden is still producing volumes of food that needs to be set aside for winter consumption. I have been canning peaches, pears, salsa, spaghetti sauce, syrups, pickles and applesauce. Also freezing various foods. Add in meetings and general household / child related things and I feel like I never sit down! Don't forget the 3 children, one in school, one starting preschool and one ALMOST walking! Don't get me wrong, I get a great feeling of satisfaction seeing all the food I have ready for winter consumption.
I have been thinking about my mom a lot lately. I know how to can and preserve food because she "made" me do the work with her (to a teenager it was making me do it, not always seeing the benefit). I miss my mom right now. I want to call her and tell her all that I am doing. I know she would be proud. I wish that she was down here canning and doing child care right a long beside me. Then I think, is she was still alive she wouldn't be down here with me, she would be busy at her own house doing the same thing! On days when I feel tired and don't really want to can another item, I think, I only have 1 box of peaches to can, my mom canned 6 (!) boxes of peaches. If she could do it, so can I! I don't feel the need to be my mother, but it gives me strength for the days when I am exhausted to think about her and what she accomplished.
I often think about the Proverbs 31 woman when I think of my mom. We used that set of verses at her funeral. So industrious! I miss her, and wish I could tell her thank you for the wisdom and skills she taught me. At the time I NEVER thought I would want to use them. Now I am very grateful for the things she made me do. I look forward to heaven when I will be with her again and we can sit down and visit about all the things I am missing with her now. Come quickly Lord Jesus!
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