Melissa’s Cozy Teacup

My, but we are a driven society, we Americans. Busy, busy, busy. Gotta go, do, be. It seems to me, that if you are asked, ‘what do you do?’ and you don’t respond with a laundry list of tasks waiting to be accomplished, you are judged most harshly.  I believe, working from home is one of the most misunderstood things you could say to people. Right now, I am working on a novel. It is the first of three that I plan to have published. While I’m working on it, I have ideas for other books constantly pop into my head. They don’t know how to wait their turn and sometimes get pushy and demanding, but they still must wait their turn. Then, there is the tea lecture business I’m trying to get started. The tea/hospitality book and trying to start a ladies ministry on hospitality, as well as painting 14 ornaments for an ornament exchange at church, getting ready for Thanksgiving which was supposed to be held at my house but has been moved to my sister’s house due to my husband, shopping for the holidays, decorating the house, hosting home group, research for the books, quiet time with God, etc., etc.,  not to mention the big reason for not working outside the home; I was 37 when my husband and I married. On December 4th we will celebrate our 3rd anniversary. I would much rather stay home and make him a sandwich, than kill myself working for some ungrateful employer. Been there, done that, hated it. I refuse to allow anyone to attempt to make me feel guilty for not over extending myself on a daily basis.  So, ‘what do you do, Melissa?’ I stay home and enjoy my husband. I stay home and enjoy my time. I stay home and I write, dream, read, drink tea, watch a movie here and there and feel blessed to be able to do so.