You might call her overwhelmed.
You might call her busy.
You might call her a mother.
You might call her human.
But before calling her lazy, remember that you may be looking at only one moment of her life.
The house can be cleaned.
The laundry can be folded.
The toys can be picked up.
The dishes can be washed.
But kindness is harder to replace.
Sometimes the most helpful thing you can do when you see a messy home isn’t to criticize the woman who lives there.
It’s to roll up your sleeves and ask, “Where should I start?”What do you call a woman whose house looks like this?
Lazy? Messy? Disorganized?
Maybe none of those.
Sometimes, you call her a mother who has been putting everyone else first. You call her a woman who has spent the entire day preparing meals, washing clothes, taking care of children, answering endless questions, cleaning one mess only to discover another five minutes later, and trying to keep everything together.
