When was the last time you filled your bathtub with warm water, added your favorite soap, crystals, or oil, and sat in it for more than five minutes? Has taking a bath become a luxury?
Once upon a time when I was single, my bathtub was used every Saturday morning. I enjoyed the quietness, the stillness; the slight steam from the heat of the water. I reveled in the non-hurried weekend morning. It was a time to unwind, to put my brain on pause – if only for twenty minutes.
After sitting ten minutes or so, I’d begin to shave and scrape and do whatever else I could do to camouflage the signs of aging. The last step was the actual bath, and then I’d step out feeling calm and very refreshed.
Why did I stop this ritual? Oh… that’s right… I had children.
In the thirteen years that I’ve been a mother, there’s been a few times when more than a year has passed without using the tub! As I think about the reasons why, I come up with: reason number one, “I don’t have time,” reason number two, “It’s easier to take a shower.” More reasons: I like to shower in the morning, so why take a bath at night. I need to wash my hair. I don’t want to clean the tub.
About a month ago, I had a calling from the bathtub, and I gave into it. My husband and children were busy watching Friday night television, or maybe they were playing the Wii; it didn’t matter. It was my chance to drift off into a little personal serenity.
It is still an effort for me to take a bath, but I’ve had a couple more, and plan to continue this new rediscovery.
When was the last time you used your tub?
Once upon a time when I was single, my bathtub was used every Saturday morning. I enjoyed the quietness, the stillness; the slight steam from the heat of the water. I reveled in the non-hurried weekend morning. It was a time to unwind, to put my brain on pause – if only for twenty minutes.
After sitting ten minutes or so, I’d begin to shave and scrape and do whatever else I could do to camouflage the signs of aging. The last step was the actual bath, and then I’d step out feeling calm and very refreshed.
Why did I stop this ritual? Oh… that’s right… I had children.
In the thirteen years that I’ve been a mother, there’s been a few times when more than a year has passed without using the tub! As I think about the reasons why, I come up with: reason number one, “I don’t have time,” reason number two, “It’s easier to take a shower.” More reasons: I like to shower in the morning, so why take a bath at night. I need to wash my hair. I don’t want to clean the tub.
About a month ago, I had a calling from the bathtub, and I gave into it. My husband and children were busy watching Friday night television, or maybe they were playing the Wii; it didn’t matter. It was my chance to drift off into a little personal serenity.
It is still an effort for me to take a bath, but I’ve had a couple more, and plan to continue this new rediscovery.
When was the last time you used your tub?
5 comments:
I have never stopped using my tub! The bath is the place where I can calm down and do my best thinking..and now it is also a place to soothe my aches and pains....
JUDY-Aches and pains...nooooo! Seriously, I hope others will read your comment and be inspired. I am.
The bathtub...I love my bathtub. That ceramic (or plastic) hoe that holds water is where my husband and I hold our strategy meetings. He knows it's time for him to leave when I pull out my razor or pumas stone.
The bathtub......I love my bathtub. This ceramic (or plastic)hole that holds water is actually where my husband and I have our strategy meetings. He knows the meeting is over when I pull out my razor or pumas stone
BETH, Strategy meetings with your husband in the tub...hmmmmm...interesting.
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