HappyMama

Some sociologists suggest that one of the biggest changes in family life over the past century is the movement of the father’s workplace away from the family home.  Think of the child Jesus watching Joseph work, beginning in His earliest years, probably in a building attached to the home.  Children learn so many life-lessons from this frequent contact with their fathers.  Personally, I got to spend many Saturdays working at my parent’s business.  Watching my dad (a pharmacist) interact with his customers so patiently and generously made a lasting impression on me.  (And mom taught me how to count change and gift-wrap a present perfectly!)

For this reason, I don’t mind that “finishing our basement” has taken so much longer than we anticipated.  My sons have tagged along every step of the way.  Maybe they’ve learned a few words I’d rather they not know, but the good things they take away more than make up for it.  Yes, they get in the way and underfoot sometimes, and they ask an endless stream of questions, but I hope hubby is growing in patience from it all!

Come to think of it, my husband has a captive audience pretty much all the time that he’s at home!  Here I caught the boys watching him through the window as he cut a door to size - one of 7 to be put into our basement.  4 are in already!