Dust will keep, babies won't

“Cleaning and scrubbing can wait for tomorrow,
For babies grow up, I’ve learned, to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust, go to sleep.
I’m rocking my baby, and babies don’t keep.”
Author Unknown

I believe our houses should be tidy and clean. I do not believe that they should be immaculate. Just in any area of life, there can be too much of a good thing. It is once again, the balancing act. I work hard to clean my home, but it is not spotless and there are smudge marks on my sliding glass door. I would like it clean, but that can wait. Right now it will show my kids had a popsicle this morning and played in the mud this afternoon. One day they will be gone and I will have time to shine the windows. At least until grandkids come…