A Red Reward

What a day! A busy morning in the kindergarten class. One child I work with was absent but the other little guy was quite "needy" today although I think I successfully managed to get him to attend to one of the social studies lessons....he even managed to use a little eye contact with me early in the a.m. I call that success! Autistic children have great difficulty making eye contact. H---is very motivated by the computer. I am fortunate to be teaching in a room with 4 computers so it is not difficult to help him succeed at his tasks so that he can be rewarded with 5 min. of computer time. Then I was very busy at home attending to the daily routines of food shopping, dusting and mopping. For some reason I felt the urge after mopping the dining room floor, to rearrange the table. My husband will have a comment about that tonite at dinner! He is used to me rearranging the house! I was in the mood to go and cut a simple red flower from our wildflower patch in my backyard. I wanted to "reward" my self. So, I finished the mopping, folded a load of laundry, and left a note for my oldest about completing her chores after homework (she prefers lists of things rather than a verbal reminder...she must take after me!) I love lists! I manage my home better with them. Then I quickly stirrred up a batch of muffins for an after school snack, prepared a 3 bean salad for tonite's dinner and took out the garbage! Whew....I told my self I was ready to go sit in the sun for a few minutes and meditate. It is my favorite time of the day in the autumn. I love late afternoon between 3:30-5:30. Today I have to leave with Claire to get her to ballet so my time in the sun is shorter. But I love meditating in my backyard or bringing my Bible out for some quiet time while the girls are doing their homework. I noticed I only had 1 red flower left amongst the wildflowers so I clipped it and brought it in for my mommy pot. It sure cheers up my kitchen window and like H--- who needs a reward for work well done, I have the pleasure of looking at this part of God's creation knowing that although I will always have housework and chores and training of my children until they leave this nest, at least my work for today is done and that is a huge reward! So...around our house tonite I can just relax and enjoy some family time. Halleluia!