January 11, 2013     Africa blogger    "Bakhita"      Previous articles

December- Quality Family Time

Two Fridays have gone by without me contributing to the Friday blog. But that just goes to show how fast life can move and pass us by without us noticing.

Normally I do have a house help who helps me with the chores and with the babies. I gave her time off to go and be with her family during the month of December to return in the first week of January as the children will be going back to school and it gets busy.

During this time I had to take on all the work by myself and it helped me appreciate my house help more as she does her work diligently without showing fatigue and without complaining.

During this time I also learnt one or two things about myself and I got to spend real and quality time with the children.

I cooked for them and I cleaned up after them. One of my daughters even commented that she had never tasted chapati made by me, and that spoke volumes!! Another daughter said she was glad that I had stored my laptop away as I was always glued to my work - day and night.

As the year begins, I want to resolve that I will devote more time to my family, and that they come first, no matter what.

I thank God for the gift of children and for the gift of family