To Infinity and Beyond
And, what a summer it was. People ask me, "how was your summer?" And I don't know how to answer. I can't gleefully exclaim, "great!" because it wasn't. But, it wasn't awful either. Summer was everything you'd expect it to be when your family is traveling together through transition. We had joy, stress, laughter, tension, frustration, happiness, tenderness, exhaustion, fear... we experienced all of it. Weddings, travel, adventure, vacations, moves, and the logistics of keeping my mum contented and safe through it all. And we did it. Together, we did it. Then, as the new school year approached, I found myself frozen and unable (unwilling?) to step out of my family organizer and caregiver role, and back into my "normal" roles as wife, mother, friend, counselor. After several months of forced family fun, and, to be honest, total chaos, I wasn't sure I could face my own high expectations of a new school year. For ...