Has it really been this long since we dusted off this strange compilation of thoughts? Obviously, it’s time to start again. It’s the “starting again” season, too, making this blog renewal all the more appropriate.
(What? You thought the season of renewal was spring?)
Nay. It is August, where all of us with children celebrate their grudging return to a place of bells, loudspeaker voices, lining up, and taking turns. (Somehow, my children always forget how to do that last thing over the summer break.)
Plus new clothing (that can’t really be worn until mid-October, since it’s still 100-and-hell degrees here in Austin), non-sticky lunchboxes, and backpacks without that funky residue that lodges along the bottom seams, comprised of…well, there’s no point in speculating.
And while I’m filling out endless school forms that HAVE NOT CHANGED IN TEN YEARS BUT I HAVE TO DO THEM EACH YEAR ANYWAY, I’ll be thankful that my children will no longer be home to take a clean glass from the cabinet, take a single gulp of water from that glass, set it down, and then repeat that action about ten times each over a 6-hour period. I came home one day last week to no fewer than 23 juice glasses discarded about the kitchen and family room.
I also will be thankful that, in spite of the fact that this was the “summer of the emergency room,” we’re all healthy and relatively sane (although 60+ days of 100+ degrees threatens that status just a bit).
What are you thankful for, as we unwrap this new school year?