Goodbye Pearls and Heels, Hello Maytag

I got a much anticipated gift last night - a new dishwasher. Ours broke about two weeks ago and the first thing I did was head out to buy a dish drainer.

A funny thing happened while doing dishes by hand - I found myself talking to the Lord a bit more than usual. This prayer has been around forever and I found it to be so true:

Thank God for Dirty Dishes
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Thank God for Dirty Dishes,

They have a tale to tell.

While others may go hungry,

We're eating very well.

With home and health and happiness,

I shouldn't want to fuss.

For by this stack of evidence,

God's very good to us.

And it's true. As I stood there washing, rinsing and stacking dishes I thought about how we never have to worry about a meal. Oh we might worry about figuring out what to eat, but we know that we will eat. And we are truly blessed with home, health and happiness. I enjoy every minute that I'm with my family.

There is a small part of me that is going to miss the dish washing time because loading a dishwasher just isn't the same. The flip side of this of course is that by receiving a new dishwasher I feel blessed for the provision.

My days of being June Cleaver have come to an end with my new appliance. Time to put away the heels and pearls and come back to the days of Delay Wash, Heated Dry and China Cycle.