Finding Peace in Chaos

May 7

Written By Talena

If you were to walk into my house right now, this moment, this is what you'd see:

Most of a week's worth of laundry waiting to be folded or partially folded on the couch
Toys strewn randomly around the house
One toilet taped shut with an "Out Of Order" sign across it. (We had to shut off the water to it because it was leaking)
Another toilet that should be taped shut with an "Out of Order" sign across it. (Jude emptied the contents of the garbage into it--twice!--and now it is completely plugged. We will probably have to get a plumber in to fix it.)
A half-completed scrapbook page on my desk.
A half-completed slow-moving renovation project in my kitchen.
Magazines, papers, and mail in random piles on coffee tables, high chairs, under hammers or paint supplies, thanks to the disorder of my kitchen.
An office set up with my mic, mixer, and cheesy little 5-octave Yamaha keyboard for a half- (or less-than-half-) completed recording project.
A rumpled guest bed where my husband has been sleeping for the last week so he doesn't keep me and Jabin up at night with his coughing.
Bottles on the counter waiting to be washed, since my milk dried up this week and as of today the switch is total and complete to formula.
Paperwork piling up on my desk from office work I have shunted until the kitchen is done.
Sawdust on my basement floor.
Freshly-planted geranium and pansies in planters on the patio.
Three boys that know their mommy and daddy love them.
A fridge full of nutritious and delicious food.
A man and a woman that are still completely in love with each other after 6 years of marriage, five pregnancies, and three babies.
A snapshot of lives-in-progress. Not everything is neat and tidy, but the important thing is this: it is being lived!