Today was the day we spent a great deal of time picking up all the leaves that have fallen in our yard. It probably took nine or ten of the tall yard-waste paper bags to haul it all away to city yard waste dump. We live in a development, and there is no place anywhere on our property that would work for dumping lots of leaves. Pristine yards, bordered by more pristine yards.
I got to thinking about the process of my acquiring those leaf bags. Seeing that our supply was getting low, several months ago I went in search for some more to buy, knowing that fall would be coming. I went to three stores in our small city. No one had any. At one place they said, "they are seasonal". I took that to mean, they would be available in the fall when people needed to rake up their leaves. So I waited until I thought they might be available and went to the store again. I bought some while they were there.
As we were driving to the city yard waste dump, I started telling my husband how I was the "anticipator"....meaning as the family shopper, I would always anticipate what our needs would be and make sure we had those items, before they were actually needed.
What I wanted him to know was that the paper bags, and many other things that appear do not just magically appear, but they take awareness, planning, anticipation, thought, energy and effort.
I don't really need any special credit, because he did all the chopping with the lawn mower and filling the bags while I read my book. I like being the shopper and the anticipator. Every household needs an anticipator.
But I did think to myself: Had he ever wondered how such necessary items just happen to magically appear?
