Dirty Dishes

Musings from the mind of Steph Tell…LOL! I have done this in the past year or so, but this is the first time I am posting about it. I am doing something that I NEVER EVER would’ve done before getting coaching. I am leaving dirty dishes in the sink and dirty pots soaking on the stove! Shocker I know! And some of you will find it appalling and some will be curious. In past years I would’ve been disgusted and would not have done this. I ALWAYS associated my self worth as a mother and a wife with the organization and “cleanliness” of our home (this was a fact!). I would not sit down and relax until every last pot, pan, fork, knife, counter, etc was cleaned or put away in the dishwasher. I got aggravated with my husband and sons for not realizing how “important” it was to totally clean up the kitchen before relaxing. How could they just not know that this is just what a you do?! Those jerks!!! I was an outright bitch and was nasty to all of them…until they did what I wanted them to do, in the way I wanted it done. Because, of course, it was wrong if they didn’t do it my way!! I’ve said so many times that I wish I knew then what I know now. Things would’ve been different. We would’ve been a happier family. (These are the thoughts I have sometimes.) However, I do accept that things happened the way they were supposed to happen. Lessons were learned, I did what I knew and did the best that I could. But, today, I say…”leave the fucking dishes in the sink and the pots soaking on the stove! No one cares! You’re still an awesome wife and amazing mother because you love your peeps like no one else can!!” So, my friends…you can do this too!! Leave the kitchen untidy, it really is OK!!!!