LISA UPDIKE | GUEST

I love spring! The blooming flowers, nesting birds, the promise of longer days and looking forward to the lazy days of summer….ahhhh. But wait, don’t sit back and relax quite yet! Just take one look at the calendar. First, we’ve got the end-of-year school concert series: elementary music programs with tone bells, squeaky recorders, and hand drums; middle school orchestra; high school chorus. Now onto the sports. Why do they need so many games for T-ball? They’re five! Meanwhile, two fields over, you’ve got another child playing softball and she just got the third out, losing the game for her team. That’s going to take a little energy tonight. You can’t forget the spring sports award banquet. What are you going to bring anyway? You don’t have the energy to bake that casserole. Do you think a veggie tray is sufficient? The high-schooler is having a melt down over which classes to pick for fall semester. You don’t understand. It has to be perfect! His whole future depends on having the right classes. But you don’t have time to help because you are putting make-up on his little sister for the spring ballet. Then there’s prom. End of year testing. Spring field trips. Graduation parties. Don’t think of the yard work waiting to be done, just don’t.

We often wish for more hours in the day. Or to clone ourselves. Yes, that would be nice. Another me! But, friend, we are finite. And that is actually good…
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