project 52:33 - a rollercoaster ride

School started this week.  It is one of the many things that makes motherhood a roller coaster ride.  Up & down, around in circles...I am sad to see summer end & know that 2 of my kids will spend almost as much time away from me as they will at home but the arguing & fighting that have dominated the end of our summer make me shout a little "hooray".  It also means that we will be in a continuous loop of activities & schedules, saying good-bye to the freedom of summer days, but that can also be a good thing...maybe I'll be better at going to the grocery store?  (We can all hope!)


Macy was very excited to start school & she took it like a cool fourth grader would.  Not even those first day jitters bothered her.  She came home and professed that Mrs. R is going to be the best teacher ever...but that Mrs. N (last year's teacher) was too.  She was pumped that there were lots of pets & the best part-she has to have a binder & assignment notebook.  Oh, my...that's the big time.  Jack was like a little lost puppy and leaving those sad little eyes was one of the hardest things to do.  If I didn't already know that he has the most awesome, wonderful Kindergarten teacher, it would have been even more difficult.  He was a changed little boy at pick-up, professing that he really liked it (whew!) and his favorite part was decorating & eating a gingerbread man.  


Seems that one minute you are patting yourself on the back, thinking you have this gig figured out only to be humbled to your knees praying for help because you are at your wits end over some behavior or condition.  But, it's both the elation over a random stranger giving you the sweetest compliment at Chick-fil-a (excuse me, are you referring to MY children? Haha!) and it's the tears of frustration that we give to God...