I have been thinking a lot about this post lately. I truly don't know why, as I wrote it 3 1/2 years ago, other than the fact that I once again find our normal changing. Don't get me wrong; I still have train tracks running all over my house. In fact, I find my house just getting more and more cluttered, with toys spilling out of the "toy room" every second of the day. I really do remember writing it though...sitting on the corner of my bed, feeling the change that we anticipated while we waited the 4 long months to close on our first house and send our oldest to school for the first time.
I think back fondly (or not so fondly) to when I had one, or two, little babies. How getting out was a chore, how everything was so far away (in Massachusetts), how I was so physically tired, how Spencer worked all the time... Hmm, maybe things really aren't that different now, except that Costco is a whopping 6 miles away and everything else is within 2 miles. But now we have no choice but to get out, to be busy. Now I have at least one thing to take the kids to every single day of the week, besides school, lots of games/practices, busier callings, homework, piano, a house to maintain, and barely any free time. It's just a new season of life.
School started today. Remember this, from June?
I miss that feeling we all had. Especially as one of my kids was in tears with anxiety last night.
I have been thinking about how to make this school year even better. I want all of us to be our best selves when we are actually together. The kids get wiped out at school and when they get home it's often a mad dash. I am really hoping to not be the crazy, busy, nagging mom when they get home...to have things under control--including dinner--so that our few hours together each day are as chaos-free as possible. I think if I am happy and am not a stress case, they will be the same. They feed off me more than I care to admit.
Here we go. I'd better not get too comfortable here, as THIS normal is quite temporary.
3 comments:
Life is so fleeting, huh? I feel the same way lately -- crazed, nagging mom -- and I still can't crack my to-do list. Maybe I should just throw it away! They grow up so fast.
could your kids be any cuter!? hope they loved their first day back!
Love this...a thing I need to remember is that yes, I think my life is busy right now...I need to just wait. I admire you to make your full effort to make your time together as chaos free as possible. Makes me want to join you in that cause. Thanks! By the way, I love your kids SO MUCH!! Give them a big hello from Aunt Kristina!
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