My refrigerator holds a
list. Summer -to-dos. Almost 20 items needing attention before school begins.
Important things! Things like: Sort through financial records. Write my AP
syllabus and book proposal. Take down Christmas lights (wish I was kidding
about that one.) Clean, reallyclean, my house.
This year my list has six red lines. Only six crossed-off
tasks. 6 out of 20. I go back to work in
two...
In a few days we will be sending our children back to school. Each summer seems to be shorter than the one before. This year, my oldest son will start his junior year in college, my middle son starts his freshman year in college, and my baby starts high school. It seems like yesterday I was walking him to the "Boo Hoo" breakfast at school. This was the first and only time parents could walk their children into the school. The cafeteria was full of parents and little ones anxious about startin... Continue reading ...
