Choosing Joy Amid the Smock Smuck
Today has started out as a typical Monday. This morning we experienced the typical running around the house, getting ready for school. Last night I prepared the clothes we would put on this morning so as to reduce the stress level. I woke up a few minutes early to ensure a calm morning. Result? Last-minute chaos in the kitchen. "Where´s your classroom smock? We have two so at least one can always be ready and available. I know that one is in the dirty clothes and the other is....oh, the other is there too." How does this happen? So, the dirty clothes hamper was dumped and the search ensued for the less dirty smock of the two. I found it, but it was also the more wrinkled. I went for the iron to do a quick press job, but it wasn't where it usually is. "Ruben, where did you put the iron? Remember, we decided to keep it upstairs so we'd have easy access to it?" "The iron?" was the phrase that echoed to me from the upstairs bathroom. So, I s
