1144. Are There Better Things You Could Be Doing? By Lynne Perry Christofferson, in Meridian Magazine
This article was very interesting to me! I hope you like it, from Meridian Magazine. Are There Better Things You Could Be Doing? By Lynne Perry Christofferson · June 19, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE This article is an excerpt from the author’s book “ Sisters, Arise! “. I’m remembering a summer from my childhood. Each morning, after completing our house and yard chores, my brothers and I played out in the sunshine, enjoying our vacation from school. My mother spent her hours tackling housework and laundry, fulfilling her church assignments, typing dissertations for university students, and feeding her hungry children…But at noon each weekday Mom escaped to the basement—where it was nice and cool—and munched on her sandwich while watching General Hospital and One Life to Live. I often joined Mom in front of our little black and white TV set. At first I paid little attention to...