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Between the holiday hubbub and writing the first draft of Different Dream Parenting, time continually runs short. So I\u2019ll be implementing some conservation efforts for however long it takes to complete the first draft – hopefully only a month or two.<\/p>\n

First, I\u2019m stocking up on peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, and Uncle Ben\u2019s Rice, ingredients for quick and easy meals. Second, I\u2019m swearing off housework and letting the dust mount between the cleaning lady\u2019s visits. (The sacrifices I make in the name of art!)<\/p>\n

Third, once a week I\u2019ll recycle some blog posts from previous years. When Prairie Home Companion rebroadcasts former episodes, Garrison Keillor calls them \u201cencore performances. But I prefer \u201crecycle\u201d which sounds more environmentally friendly and more Lutheran with its overtones of frugality and sacrifice.\u00a0 Funny Garrison didn\u2019t think of that.<\/p>\n

But I digress. Back to today\u2019s recycled post, Hand Lotion Grace. It first appeared on December 6, 2007. Reading it makes me thankful for today\u2019s weather conditions, which are windy and cold, but without ice or snow. And it makes me grateful for the many modern conveniences I take for granted too often, including hand lotion.<\/p>\n

Hand Lotion Grace – Recycled<\/strong><\/p>\n

The weather turned cold here right around Thanksgiving, and it\u2019s stayed cold ever since. Nobody was quite ready for it, except the local ski hill owners, but I thought I was adjusting pretty well. Every morning I dressed warmly and took my morning walk, until last Saturday when a mixture of sleet, rain and snow coated Iowa roads with two inches of ice. No more walks down my gravel road until there\u2019s a thaw and the forecast doesn\u2019t hold hope for one.<\/p>\n

So I find creative ways to exercise indoors and try not to whine about the cold, but last night I started complaining. I was snuggled in bed, able to concentrate on my reading once my body heat had warmed the sheets. Then I noticed my hands were dry, itchy dry. I needed hand lotion, but that would mean getting out of the warm bed and shivering in the cool air again. Finally, I made a run for the lotion and then dived into bed again.<\/p>\n

As the sheets warmed and my hands softened, my heart did too. I thought about all the women before me who never have hand lotion and how painful their cracked, chapped skin must have been. And if they had anything to rub into their skin, I wondered how bad the lard or goose grease smelled, and how cold the run from bed to lotion and back was for them. My attitude changed as I rubbed my hands and thought about those pioneer women. Instead of complaining, I was grateful for a warm house, for new sheets and a comfortable bed, for smooth skin and for legs that function.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m coining a new phrase – hand lotion grace. Whenever I get whiny this winter, a sure symptom that my attitude is growing calloused, I\u2019ll head for my hand lotion and let it\u2019s luxurious grace soften my dry hands and my hard heart.<\/p>\n

While I\u2019m thinking of it,\u00a0 I\u2019d better add hand lotion to my shopping list. I\u2019ll need a lot of it this winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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