Mrs. Fix-it, a confession by me

You know the term "Mr. Fix-it", well I've always thought that term applied very well to both my Dad and my husband. Not always in the same way but they both want to "fix" things. If there's a problem, they just want to come up with a solution. We'll I've always thought of myself as one who wanted to talk about things, not just fix them. (Or as probably my husband would say, I like to talk things to death!) I don't always come up with a solution but I want to vent my frustrations and have someone commiserate.

Recently though, I don't know whether we've switched roles or if I've just had to compensate too much but because hubby has been so busy finishing classes and working. I find myself wanting to "fix" everything for my daughter and soon to be son. Everything has to be done right and if someone does something wrong then it needs to be fixed. I get thoroughly frustrated when someone else doesn't seem to feel the need. For instance, yesterday at church I felt like no one else cared whether all the Children's' Ministry plans for summer were perfect but I did. I was close to biting a few people's heads off for things like disorganization and scheduling difficulties (I won't mention names).

Now that I've realized this about myself, do I think it will change soon? No, probably not. I'll probably always want to fix everything for my kids. I'll always want to fix other people too even though I've realized this is a next to impossible task. (I mean seriously, it's been about 7 years since being introduced to my in-laws, and I still haven't been able to fix the problems there!) Instead, I've realized that I just need to work on patience and to trust that everything will be fine as long as God is in control. Many of our church volunteers will never be totally organized but God did put them there to help so instead of fixing them, I suppose I need to learn to just work with them.

Who wouldn't want to fix everything for this?