How to Find Time to Write in the Midst of Life's Routine

"The dirty dishes will always be there. Every now and then, give yourself permission to let them wait. Plant your butt in the chair and write.."

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It would be groovy to have an office. With a door to shut when it’s time to write. To have a desk—heavy, burled walnut; a stalwart thing of earnest proportions—dedicated to the serious work of writing. Its surface would be littered with holy knickknacks, relics of artistic battles fought and won. Here, in this space, I would spend long, unbroken hours arm-wrestling the Muse, wringing from her grasp a golden chain of words.

Maybe someday. 

But not today. 

Today, there are other things I must do. I will teach my daughter fractions. Thaw chicken for dinner. Fold the mountain of laundry residing in the corner of my bedroom. I will mourn with a despairing friend while she weeps. Mop the kitchen floor. I will hold my husband’s hand as we walk. Plant tulip bulbs. Feed the dog. 

Today, I will be many things. Wife. Mother. Homemaker. Home educator. Friend. Crazy church lady. And, yes—by the mysterious workings of God—today I will also be a writer.