When You Feel Like a Task Master...

...rather than a loving mother.

Did you brush your teeth?  with toothpaste?
Did you floss?

Did you practice playing/singing the music?

Did you wash your hands? with soap?

Did you {fill in the blank with current task}?

Every day, these questions depart from my lips.  They are important, even necessary.  I want my children to have good habits, healthy teeth, and clean hands before they eat.

But, the questioning leaves me tired. 
Tired of asking. 
Tired of being a task master.
Tired of this checking-up-on-them aspect of motherhood, 
and wanting to spend less time managing,
more time parenting,
building our relationship
and creating warm memories.
~ Dorie

Linked to The Gypsy Mama's Five Minute Friday.  This week's prompt: tired.