I think this is a trait he gets from his mother. Kent has
often commented how hard his mother works and how amazed he is by how much she
does. I find it interesting that he doesn’t notice the same characteristic in
himself. Perhaps because he may throw out a complaint here or there he
discounts just how hard he really does work.
It often amazes me how much energy Kent seems to have
while working. When we first moved into our house four years ago, the back yard
needed some serious work. We decided to rototill it ourselves, piece of cake,
right? Yeah…not so much. We forgot that this is New England and we grow rocks
here not to mention our contractor had decided to bury a pile of trash and the
remnants of an old horse barn back there. It took FOREVER to till through the
ground and get it ready for grass seed. Honestly, my arms still ache from
dragging and pushing that rototiller through the yard.
Kent tries to find
new projects for himself all the time. He chooses not to have a riding mower
because he “needs the exercise.” He hauls mulch and compost, plants a wide
variety of plants, laid a brick path, built garden boxes, and much more. And
that’s only in the yard! The crazy thing is he’s always happiest when he has a
project. I’m a little worried that he’s going to run out of improvement
projects and I’m going to come home one day and he’ll have gutted our master
bath. Actually, I take that back, I’m fine if he does that. Are you reading
this Kent?
Inside the house he does laundry, dishes, mops the
kitchen floor, and cleans up the basement. On top of that he works about 50-60
hours per week for his job. I’m really grateful that Kent works so hard outside
of the home because it has now allowed me to stay at home with our kids. What a
gift that is! It might not be his “dream job,” whatever that is, but he knows
it is something he does well at and can succeed in. And he doesn’t stop there.
Somewhere he finds just enough energy to come home and rough house with
Hendrik, which is something only the two of them do. Mommy is not a rough
houser, mommy is a snuggler and a story reader.
I really appreciate Kent’s hard working example because
it encourages me to be better. I think he even knows that if he gets up and
starts cleaning or doing the dishes it prompts me to do the same. Maybe a bit
of a guilty conscience, but whatever works, right? I’m grateful that he works
so hard and so tirelessly for our family and I really love him for it.
1 comment:
It would have been nice if you would have enlarged the picture with Hendrik in it so we could get a closeup of his cuteness.
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