the before and after lie

I'm beginning to think there will be no "after". There are before pics, and during pics, and more during pics, and then some yet more during pics. My digging folk have now departed and there is still much to be done. I don't know if it will get "done". I just know there's no happily ever after, just a making the absolute best of and delighting in the during.

My girly tried to remind me of this whilst I was getting stressy as it took us the whole evening to construct the swing bench, to enjoy the process rather than fret about the time it's taking to get to the end result. She was right but I was still very grumpy throughout - I had other things to do too! We finished it by torchlight.

As this is where I had my breakfast today, I guess there is a kind of 'after' photo, whilst acknowledging we're still not there yet and might never be, as everything is always in process. I feel the truth is we have to celebrate the where we're at, the how far we have come, and not fret about how far away we might feel from where we thought we were going to end up.