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Life from a Female Domestic Engineer's Viewpoint
as told to Ol'WDB

There's another way of looking at life...

Thank you, God, for dirty dishes For they mean we are well fed.

Thank you for the mortgage payments and rent notices, For they mean we have a roof over our heads.

Thank you for the seemingly endless pile of laundry, For it means we are clothed and warm.

Thank you, for scuff marks, crayon marks and smelly tennis shoes, For they mean we are active.

Thank you, God, for loud stereos and busy telephones. For they mean our teens are safe at home.

Thank you for the notes from school, For they mean our children have teachers who care.

Thank you, God, for speeding tickets, For they mean our police officers are protecting us.

Thank you for morning traffic jams, For they mean we have jobs to go to.

Thank you for doctor's waiting rooms and deductibles and co-pays, For they mean we have access to health care.

Thank you, God, for his/her snoring, For it means he/she is safe beside me.

Thank you for little disappointments, For they mean you are teaching us patience.

And I would like to thank you, Lord, for those unmade beds. They are so warm and comfortable. I know that many have no bed.

My thanks to you, Lord, for this bathroom, complete with all the splattered mirrors, soggy, grimy towels and dirty lavatory, they are so convenient.

Thank you for this finger smudged refrigerator that needs defrosting so badly. It has serve us faithfully for many years. It is full of cold drinks and enough leftovers for two or three meals.

Thank you, Lord for this oven that absolutely must be cleaned today. It has baked so many things over the years.

The whole family is grateful for that tall grass that needs mowing, the lawn that needs raking; we all enjoy the yard.

Thank you, Lord, even for that slamming screen door. That means my kids are healthy and able to run and play.

Lord, the presence of all these chores awaiting me, say You have richly blessed my family.

I shall do them cheerfully and I shall do them gratefully.

Thank you, God, for just plain ordinary days-

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