Well, we are beginning our fourth week of school this week. I already find myself wishing for the lazy days of summer. It seems that during the summer all I can think of is how many days til school starts? with all of the fighting, whining, boredom that comes along with having four children cooped up in the house all day together. Now that school is in session, my days are much quieter with just Marlee at home, but the evenings are crazy busy. My oldest, Mariah, who started high school this year, wants to go to the JV football games tonight to watch some of her friends play. My son, Matthew has football practice tonight and a game on Thursday night. We have youth group on Wednesday and the first home game of the high school varsity season on Friday night. Add to that the housework, meetings, and places that I have to be this week and my calendar is a little full. Between homework and making dinner and getting everyone where they need to be it's no wonder I feel a little frazzled at times.
Don't get me wrong, in some crazy way I enjoy the chaos that my life becomes every fall. I do enjoy being busy and am so grateful to have four wonderful, healthy children to keep me so busy. I feel that my husband and I do a good job of limiting activities for our children. My children can each pick one activity outside of school to participate in at any given time. That is all we can handle. But with four children (two of whom have no extra activities at this time), even one activity apiece adds up to alot of time and energy. But I know that all too soon the time will come that one by one they will fly the nest and I will be left to wonder where the time went and long for the days when they were here to keep me busy. So, therefore, I choose to thank God for the blessings that my children are and embrace the life that we live. I will take a deep breath and dive right in. And will be counting the hours until Saturday when I can relax a little.
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