Storyline Fall 2014
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... The month of new beginnings and<br />
the return of organized, happy chaos!<br />
I love reading all the trending articles like “How to make 10 dinners<br />
in 15 minutes” and “This is the year to organize your home<br />
top to bottom.” I’m lucky if I actually find the time to make a todo<br />
list let alone actually do any of it.<br />
The first week back to school starts off well. Clothes are clean,<br />
lunches are made the night before, including a special homemade<br />
treat, and I’m even at the school 5 minutes before the bell<br />
rings. What was I so stressed about?<br />
Week 2 starts promising. The clothes are still clean, lunches were<br />
made the night before and I’m sure they won’t mind the lack of<br />
homemade treats. Pulling up as the bell rings isn’t so bad – it<br />
might even be a little more cool. It’s the weeks that follow that<br />
test your patience and you really find out what you are made of.<br />
Since we are already starting to sink, let’s add after-school activities<br />
and homework to the mix. Oh, and bring on the special<br />
school projects that you usually don’t know about<br />
until 9:00 Sunday night.<br />
Don’t get me wrong …<br />
Showing up at the<br />
school at lunch time<br />
with a Subway or A&W<br />
bag might make you<br />
look like a super mom.<br />
If they only knew it was<br />
because you forgot to<br />
buy groceries<br />
for lunch and<br />
you knew that<br />
another “picnic”<br />
lunch (basically including<br />
whatever<br />
you can possibly<br />
find in the fridge or<br />
pantry like a pickle and<br />
6 crackers) won’t go<br />
over well. Those cute<br />
Tupperware cupcake<br />
containers are perfect to transfer the ones you bought from<br />
the grocery store on the way to school for that special birthday<br />
snack. After you burned the 2nd batch and your icing resembled<br />
yogurt more than a fluffy whipped topping the night before, you<br />
promised yourself next year you’d accidentally forget to ask your<br />
children what they’d like to bring and just surprise them!<br />
The truth is, if you can’t stop long enough to have coffee with a<br />
friend or laugh at yourself when you arrive at work with 2 different<br />
shoes or earrings on (yes, I’ve experienced both) or you don’t<br />
remember the last time you snuggled up with your kids and read<br />
a book, then you are missing out on the things in life you can<br />
never get back.<br />
You will always have a never-ending to-do list.<br />
Maybe this is your year to give yourself a break. Add “take a break<br />
and laugh” to your to-do list today. And<br />
then cross it off after, because we all<br />
know how amazing it feels when you<br />
get to cross something off the list!<br />
| Andrea Zacharais<br />
Did You Know?<br />
Marguerite Bourgeoys opened<br />
the first school in Canada in<br />
1658 in the colony of Montréal.<br />
(Trivia source: www.studyincanada.com.)
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