A friend of mine from college days dropped her oldest child off at Texas A&M this week. She posted the following:
"I'm sure people would have you believe that apron strings don't have nerves in them, that you can't feel them being cut. I'm going to be straight with you: you can feel it. And it hurts."
As this school year comes to a close, I feel a little of what this friend is going through. Our "baby" is finishing up elementary school, after 9+ months of fantastic experiences with spelling bees, student council, Battle of the Books, a winning basketball season, and an a-m-a-z-i-n-g teacher. His big sister is getting ready to tackle end-of-year finals as she finishes up her first year of seminary (where she only missed for sick days a couple of times!). She's enjoyed making math videos for geometry class, reading Raisin in the Sun and Great Gatsby, and dissecting A-L-L kinds of interesting things in her biology class (a worm, mollusk, squid, and grasshopper!)
I am soooooooo ready for summer with these cute kids, ready for no schedules and be-here-at-this-time-on-this-day routines.
BUT.
the approaching summer reminds me that time marches on and there's not one thing I can do to stop it.
Hopefully I'll remember to be in the present, be where my feet are, and enjoy it to the fullest!
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
We're still here
We're still here. Just super, super busy with last-month-of-school activities, group projects, basketball games, volunteering, youth conference, business travel, and getting the pool open and ready. I got to speak at stake conference, too!
A longer post will happen later. For today, just two things:
First, a tender mercy. Tuesday was so crazy. After an already packed day, that afternoon I had to have the kids in two different places at the same time on opposite ends of town. I knew I could figure it out, but I was so, so, so tired all of a sudden. I rested my head on the table for just a moment to calm the crazy, and right at that moment the phone rang. A friend was calling about carpooling to one of the kids' activities and it helped SO much!!!! I realized I could ask for help (!) and asked another friend to help get Wade to and from--she helped me so much, too! Such a tiny thing, but that kindness opened up the evening for me and gave me the strength and sanity I needed to get people where they needed to be and then steal an hour of precious prep time before my institute lesson that night.
Second, our family has been playing this together as much as possible lately, a card game called Dominion:
A longer post will happen later. For today, just two things:
First, a tender mercy. Tuesday was so crazy. After an already packed day, that afternoon I had to have the kids in two different places at the same time on opposite ends of town. I knew I could figure it out, but I was so, so, so tired all of a sudden. I rested my head on the table for just a moment to calm the crazy, and right at that moment the phone rang. A friend was calling about carpooling to one of the kids' activities and it helped SO much!!!! I realized I could ask for help (!) and asked another friend to help get Wade to and from--she helped me so much, too! Such a tiny thing, but that kindness opened up the evening for me and gave me the strength and sanity I needed to get people where they needed to be and then steal an hour of precious prep time before my institute lesson that night.
Second, our family has been playing this together as much as possible lately, a card game called Dominion:
Uncle Brett introduced it to us last summer, and our friends the Littons brought their set over a few weeks ago and played with us. We liked it so much that Jason bought it, along with an app for different game scenarios. It is a T-O-N of fun.
A nice break in the middle of all the chaos! :)
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