It's our first day of summer vacation and I have this feeling of "whew, thank goodness it's finally over". It's so nice to be able to relax and enjoy life without all the extra busyness that comes with having kids in school and having to worry about all the little things they need help remembering to do. I was just reminiscing about school years past and how I've created my own coping methods without even really realizing it. When I look back in hindsight, I can see how I dealt with my stress by getting really fixated on a hobby or a distraction just to make it through the year. Then when the end finally comes, I find myself even more excited than my kids for it to just be over. But on the flip side, I'm always glad to send them back to school in August as well. So what was this year's distraction? Oddly enough, it was adding even more activities to the mix. It doesn't sound very logical to me now that I pause to think about it and write about ...
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