School Days!

I don't know which I like better...summer break or the school year. It doesn't really matter because unless time freezes--the cycles of life ring in the opening of school this time every year. In my house-that means the hectic pace of early morning wake up calls, after school sports practices and late hour homework sessions. This one gets picked up and that one gets dropped off and the other one forgets this -while the next one forgets that. It's enough to make your head spin. I can remember a time when I had four different schools for my five sons...Now we're down to two for the youngest three...Alleluia! But it's apparent that we're a little rusty after the long hazy, crazy days of summer. In fact tonight our wheels fell off this well oiled machine as the frenzied activity of football and homework collided and feelings got trampled on in the aftermath of physical and mental exhaustion. Never a dull moment! But I wouldn't have it any other way! For all the...