While at the Line

Oh, how I've MISSED my clothesline!

I'm so GLAD it's nice enough now to be using it again.

When I'm hanging out the laundry,

I get to hear

~birds singing

~my children and husband getting the cows up and in the barn

~the tractors starting

~cows lowing

~goats bleating

I don't hear

~the sound of cars

~sirens

~neighbors' dogs

~the school bus waiting

I can talk to God about 

so many things while at the line.

Little things,

my little ones, 

big things,

my bigger ones.

I think about what I need to accomplish today.

I feel like I've accomplished a lot 

when I look over all the 

shirts

pants

socks

diapers

undies

pajamas

barn clothes

all neatly pinned to the lines.

It's a little order in my life.

And I love it.