Author – Ellen Franklin
My baby turned one, and I knew it was time. It is time to Start Something.
I am married, and we have three children. I work outside the home, and a part of my title is a coordinator. At home, I have also been told that I am the coordinator. Or as Bryan usually puts it, I am the management and he is the labor. He thinks that’s hilarious. I’m undecided. There is an awful lot to coordinate.
There is a woman I know named Katy, and I believe that we are becoming good friends. Katy sent me a link to IowaMoms.com and in about 11 seconds, I had written to my husband to tell him I wanted to try something new. My husband is a very patient man.
“What do you know something about?” Katy had asked. And I thought, well, I know how to coordinate things? But there is more to it than that. I’m a woman with a career, a husband, and children ages 6, 3, and 1. Anyone with a similar schedule knows that simply means busy, and anyone who doesn’t live with small children won’t quite get it no matter how I describe the mundane duties that go along with it, all day, every day. My best friend says “it is what it is” and I think I’ve got the routine down.
What I’m most proud of is that I make time for fitness every single day. This is what I’d like to write about. Recently, for reasons I may decide to discuss at another time, I have heard a lot of comments like “I don’t know how you do it.” And I try to smile and say “oh, it just takes some organization.” But in my head, I automatically think, “How I do it? Sometimes, I’d just like to know why I do it.” So here I am, and I hope to answer both of those questions and more.
