Back to School

    It’s here-August has come and with it comes back-to-school and it always puts me in a little bit of a funk. I know education is important, but I just love summer! I miss my girls while they are in school and I don’t enjoy the fact that the school schedule dictates our lives. We can’t pick up and go to St. Louis for a mid-week visit and our mornings are just a bit rushed. I prefer a slower, more laid-back morning where we get up, enjoy breakfast and talk with each other instead of scrambling to get everyone out the door by 7:30.

    And, to make matters worse, my younger starts full-day Kindergarten, so I will be all alone during the day. As I wrote in my August editor’s letter, for the first time in my life, I will be eating lunch alone. I know that I will adjust and this soon will become my new normal but for now it just makes me sad.

    I guess it could be worse-the year my mom sent me off to college she sent her baby off to Kindergarten-I can’t even imagine!

    So for the next few days I’ll enjoy my girls and the time spent with them, get them ready for school, mope for a few days and then without realizing it, get caught back up in the school rush and routine that includes studying spelling words, practicing math facts, making school lunches, etc, etc, etc.

Hoping your back-to-school time goes smoothly!

Posted by Margaret Sarver