28. Over & Over

I often think I may be insane. I spent several hours straightening up the house on Friday so that it would look nice for our friends that were coming over for dinner. The bulk of the cleaning was spent on Abbey's room. It looked like an editorial layout from a magazine when I was done. 24 hours later she and a few friends returned it to it's original state.

As a seven year old she is just playing and enjoying her own space but the result insults my core sense of organization and aesthetics. Why do I bother? It's her room. Why not let it go? If I keep cleaning it will some OCD genes magically turn on in her body? Will she simply follow my example? Or am I doomed to repeat the same pattern and always hope for a different outcome? May be some elves will take over...keep dreaming.


- excuse the typos...posted via Windo's iPhone