The Science of Time

Chronos is the Greco-Roman god of Time, found in ancient mosaics as an old man spinning the Zodiac Wheel.  Father Time.  Serious.  Unstoppable. 

Chronology is the science of locating events in time.  It's timelines and dates and wars and all the stuff of a history lover laid in the proper order. 

To me, a mom with a little calendar on the fridge full of scribbles and lists, chronology is simple: 

first things first....

make the coffee

wake up before everyone else to meet with God

snuggle with the bleary-eyed, disheveled little bodies that shuffle toward you in the morning light

kiss your husband good-bye, surprise him with a little passion, heck with the coffee breath

hug and compliment each kiddo before you start in on the to-do lists and hurry ups

everyone puts away 10 things or does a chore to help the house stay fresh and clean...the colors of the day are brighter with a clean palate rather than a muddy one

pray together

when there is family tension, stop what you're doing and work it out or help them work it out...people's hearts are more important than whatever you are doing

If I was conducting an experiment in which I had to fill a jar with different size rock and sediment, I would, of course, start with the big rocks.  The aforementioned things would be the big rocks.  Everything else would be the sediment, settling in the open spaces, but never taking the place of the big rocks.

Did you notice that stone statue of Chronos in the picture?  He has wings.  Because, well, there is that heart-wrenching aspect of time...

it flies.