My dearest boys, So excited! School is starting today! Summer was so fun, but … let’s be honest: it’ll be great to see your friends, right? What fun it will be to tell them all about your summer, your adventures, and your triumphs! So much and so little has changed. I look at you three and I can't help but get a knot in my throat: look at how much you have grown and changed over this summer break! So many inches gained! The competition for which of you is the tallest is

My dearest boys, So excited! School is starting today! This is your big day! Summer was so fun, but … I know you are not excited for classes to start so much as you are to see your friends. What fun it will be to tell them all about your summer, your adventures, and your triumphs! So much and so little has changed. I look at you three and I can't help but get a knot in my throat: look at how much you have grown and changed over this summer break! So many inches gained!

I am completely torn between: Yesss! Made it! and Now what am I going to do? I, like so many mothers about to send our kids off to school today to embark on a new school year of adventure, learning, and friends. Please don't get me wrong, I do love and adore my kids. I love spending time with them. We have had so much fun exploring probably too many nooks and corners of the world during the last few months. The boys see and discover things I don't, and raise my curiosity ab

My dearest boys, So excited! School is starting tomorrow! This is your big day! I know you’re not excited for classes to start so much as you are to see your friends. What fun it will be to tell them all about your summer, your adventures, and your triumphs! So much and so little has changed. I look at you three and get a knot in my throat: look at how much you’ve grown and changed over this summer break! Time is flying by. And, most importantly, after all of this forc

Have you ever heard the sound of true angst? I believe it sounds just like an unwilling child about to be dropped off at school, crying his little eyes out, sobbing and begging his mom to please oh please don’t make him stay. Absolutely, heart-breaking. Want to know one of the hardest moments in parenting? Being strong enough to gently-but-firmly kiss that very same sobbing child goodbye, entrust him to the teachers, and walk out the door. There are few harder moments in

I bet you are as excited for class to start as your child is. Excited, and, if this is your first year, a bit scared, right? We are getting close; one week out until the first day of school! Summer went by so quickly. If this is your first year or you've just moved to a new city/country (and we all move fairly often, so this happens more than we'd like, I'll bet), this last week is probably filled with a bit of apprehension, am I right? Relax. Trust your instincts in ha