New chapters

Now that we are nearly back to school I am beginning to think about new
routines. I will only have Hannah from 9am til 3:15 every school day so am
planning on doing some fun stuff like swimming etc. I'll still be
volunteering in school and working as well, plus still doing my open house
lunches and everything else I do.

But I will miss the kids, we've had such an ace time over the summer and
also we are all excited about the new school term and all the exciting
things it will bring and the new things they will learn. I will miss having
the kind of time with them you only get on weekends and holidays. I know
they want to be at school and that's so right for them and just what God
wants to happen for them, but I am beginning to think about how I can best
input into them in the little time we have before and after school. Been
thinking about it more as the summer has gone on, but especially the last 2
weeks. It's more poignant now both will be at school as I won't have that
half day with Sam and the boys love to do things together so it's balancing
that and time with each one even just for a short time to be able to discuss
stuff that's happening both in the world and in their and their friends
lives and be able to pray into it and see what the Bible has to say on it,
and therefore God.

I've come to some conclusions, but it's like a new chapter in my book as yet
unwritten with my kids, and it's both exciting and a little sad (though just
a little as I'm really pleased they are having such an adventure) for me. It
s that letting go bit, I'm glad it's a drip feed, and as always they are
more ready for it than I am.

Someone once told me that having a child is like taking a little piece of your heart and watching it grow and run around. That is so true