A Little Dust on the Floor

Does it really matter?  What is most important?  We gathered Jeff’s side of the family together for a last minute birthdays (3 of them!)/anniversary/Mother’s Day dinner tonight.  We picked up a couple take and bake pizzas, baked a pan of brownies and tossed a salad all with only a few hours’ notice. The house was not clean.  There is dust on the floor and cat hair in their favorite spots.  But it didn’t matter.  No one really cared.  What was most important was finding a few hours together when our lives are so filled with activities, school work, volunteering and work.  

Oh Great Parent, thank you for being present amidst the dust and piles as we spent time just being together.  It was a great reminder that we come to you as we are, and we often come a little messy, a little frazzled, a little stressed and you welcome us in spite of our human expectations.  Help me to be so welcoming, so forgiving and so relaxed.  Amen.