back to school

this time of year

i always have a surge of mixed emotions

it is so hard to grapple with the reality that my kids are growing up

i love being their mom

and sharing their lives with them

i do not look forward to them growing up and becoming adults themselves

whenever they head back to school

i take the opportunity to reflect over the past year

i get to reminisce about the good times

learn from the not so good times and set goals

to make this next year even better

with each passing year 

i cannot believe how fast time flies

on monday, i took my oldest to school she is a sophomore

yesterday, i started back to class

with a whopping 24 credit class load 

and 500 hours internship (crazy!)

today, i brought the next five to their first day of school

an eighth grader

a sixth grader

a fourth grader

a second grader

a kindergartner

and in a little over a week

my youngest will start preschool

trying to juggle 4 class schedules

balancing homework, responsibilities, practices,

carpools, routines, and bonding time...

this is what keeps me going,

not having enough time to do anything

but reminisce and 

make the best of it