Can You Juggle?

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We are watching the Bronco game – to see if they will advance to the conference championship (so far they are not looking good).  During the timeouts my husband starts playing with his juggling balls that he received for Christmas.  Our 6 year old daughter wants him to juggle.  So far he is doing ooookay.  He has his high score of 4 juggles in a row.  Years ago he could juggle more, but now he is out of practice.

When you are juggling you have to get the rhythm down.  The way that it feels when you throw a ball into the air, catch it with the other hand , and throw another ball before you make that catch.  It takes time, patience and of course – practice.  Lots and lots of practice.  And only the great jugglers seem to be able to add another ball – or another item.

But we are all supposed to be experts aren’t we?

• If we were just talking about our family – we could do that – easily with just three family members.  But of course there are many others to consider.
• Some of us only have two kids.  Juggling just those two isn’t too bad at all is it?  But what about those people with three or more children?  And don’t forget about their lives and schedules.  When you consider all of that even one child is quite a challenge.
• What about work?  That is VERY difficult to juggle with all of the tasks that you need to handle on a daily basis.  And don’t think you are off the hook if you do not have a job.  Just looking can be very daunting and something else you have to juggle.
• AND don’t forget about your spouse, volunteering, friends and things you want!

Ahhhh – my head is already spinning.

Basically I just want to say to give yourself a break.  Juggling is a difficult task and when we are all dealing with so many different kinds of things we cannot expect to be experts.  Ever.  We just do the best we can every day.

Brooke has been a part of the WAHI family since March 2009 writing articles for the WAHM Wisdom section. She has had her own business since 1997, – Cataluña – web sites redesigned from scratch. Her newest business venture is Cataluña Designs – unique beaded hair accessories and jewelry- has been around since January 2010 and has been a great adventure.
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