Achievements Which Absorb You At Home
- Fixed a broken appliance
- Changed the layout of your garden
- Planned my own wedding;
- Coached a talented kid how to throw a curve ball;
- Built a new shed;
- Figured out how to save on high heating costs;
- Read a great novel over a long week-end;
- Whipped up a fabulous recipe;
- Constructed a 50' stone wall;
- Figured out how to convert a guest room into a study;
- Learned how to play a guitar at age 50;
- Journaled the activities of my 5 year-old;
- Pictured in detail what our home would look like;
- Saved enough money to send two kids through college;
- Put in an underground automatic sprinkler system;
- Beat my kids at table tennis until their twenties;
- Put in 25 bushes next to the driveway one Saturday;
- Inaugurated a family "what's on your mind" session;
- Counseled my neighbor after the death of her son;
- Succeeded in growing exotic tomatoes in our greenhouse;
- Raised rabbits for food when we moved to the country;
- With our 6 kids, I ran the household like a boot camp;
- Planned and catered a lavish feast for the neighbors;
Copyright 2007 Arthur F. Miller
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