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Through and Through Life: Motherhood Should Come With

May 5, 2011 By Sandra Heska King

I love that I can back date my posts.

Because this is Thursday’s post.

Written and posted on Friday.

Because I’ve scrambled this week to keep up.

But it’s all good because I recently discovered Five Minute Fridays with Lisa Jo, the Gypsy Mama.

And it gives me a chance to try.

The rules: Throw caution to the wind, and write your heart out for five minutes.

Only.

No editing allowed.

So I set the timer.

I wrote the first line, then last two lines first, and then the stuff in between until the ding.

Or in my case, until the Droid bling, bling, blinged.

GO!

Motherhood should come with a lifetime supply of duct tape.

To bind pieces of a heart exploded by joy and pride.

To bind pieces of a heart shattered by pain and disappointment.

To slap across one’s own mouth when words are too much.

To keep knees stuck to the floor in prayer.

To hold the clothing of compassion and mercy and love and patience in place.

To stick tight to the One with Whom there are no accidents.

Who saw fit to bestow the crown of motherhood.

Who sees the end from the beginning.

Whose purposes cannot be thwarted.

To stick tight to the One who collects the tears and heals the wounds and brings good out of bad.

The only source of wisdom.

Motherhood should come with a lifetime supply of duct tape.

Because motherhood is for a lifetime.

STOP!



I’ve kept my feet on the ground, I’ve cultivated a quiet heart. Like a baby content in its mother’s arms, my soul is a baby content. Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope. Hope now; hope always!~Psalm 131:2-3 (Message)

 

 

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  1. HopeUnbroken says

    May 6, 2011 at 6:41 am

    in a household where we use a lot of duct tape and also have a lot of duct tape jokes. . . i LOVED this!!! i now have an ever greater fondness for the stuff 🙂 what a beautiful picture you wove. i thoroughly enjoyed reading that. thanks for sharing.

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:22 pm

      Thanks for coming by! It’s great to meet you. Duct tape does everything, doesn’t it? This exercise was fun.

  2. Amy says

    May 6, 2011 at 8:06 am

    Duct tape! Love this – so creative and so absolutely true. As the mother of two boys, I know the mysterious wonder of duct tape. Now I have discovered another unadvertised use for it! Thank you so much for sharing this – I loved reading it. Smiles –

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:24 pm

      You can also duct tape little boys to chairs. 😉 Just kidding. I never did it. Can’t say I didn’t think abouat it a couple times. Thanks for coming by, Amy.

  3. Rambling Heather says

    May 6, 2011 at 8:48 am

    Such an adorable little one you have there! This post is so perfect, funny and yet so real. I love it! “To keep knees stuck to the floor in prayer,” LOVE!

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:32 pm

      Thank you, Heather. That’s actually my sweet grandbaby, age 11 months now.

      And I have permanent bruises on my knees. 🙂

  4. Lisa-Jo says

    May 6, 2011 at 8:52 am

    Oh this is so so beautiful. How did you do that? How did you turn duct tape into word art. Thank you.

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:34 pm

      Well, I saw this new roll of duct tape on my husband’s work bench (the place in the garage where the clutter collects.) And I thought, “Yes, duct tape comes in handy for everything.” 😉

      Thank you. This was fun. Kind of. Interesting to see what the mind rolls out when it’s trying not to think so hard.

  5. Nancy says

    May 6, 2011 at 9:01 am

    Amen.

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:45 pm

      🙂

  6. diana says

    May 6, 2011 at 11:28 am

    How fun to find you here. And thank you, once again, for a thoughtful, creative and heart-warming reflection!

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:50 pm

      Thanks, Diana. I just came from your place. 🙂

  7. Cheryl Smith says

    May 6, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    Beautiful Sandy! I’m blown away by this, practical and poetic and full of wisdom and grace. Lovely!

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:51 pm

      Thanks so much, enchanting Cheryl. 🙂

  8. Tami Heim says

    May 6, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    Okay this was my mother’s day moment. Wow.LYI.

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:54 pm

      LYIM! Happy Mother’s Day, my sticky sister.

  9. S. Etole says

    May 6, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    and to stick those precious memories to our hearts …

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:54 pm

      Oh, why didn’t I think of that?!

  10. Jeanne Damoff says

    May 6, 2011 at 4:20 pm

    LOVE this, Sandra! Beautiful.

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:55 pm

      Thanks so much, Jeanne.

  11. nance says

    May 6, 2011 at 6:18 pm

    a lifetime supply…

    • Sandra says

      May 6, 2011 at 9:56 pm

      Indeed!

  12. Caroline says

    May 11, 2011 at 12:47 am

    This is lovely and true. And needed: “To slap across one’s own mouth when words are too much.” Yes.

    (Catching finally from last week’s Five Minute Friday posts!)

    • Sandra says

      May 13, 2011 at 10:58 am

      Never enough duct tape for that! I have a way with too many words. 🙂

  13. Suzanne McClendon says

    May 13, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    I enjoyed reading this post. Duct Tape fixes everything. 🙂

    Have a great weekend!

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