Slow Sundays
If only every Sunday was 77 and sunny. Sunday mornings have a different pace these days. One of the big changes at our house is that our daughter is away at college. The shift in our daily schedule and dynamic is wild, but I think it’s really allowed me to take a close look at how I had engaged with my life before. When both kids were home and in high school, our family was participating in an “event” or activity 5-6 days a week. Both were in marching band, sports each season, concert band, jazz band…holy moly, it never seemed to stop during the school year. But we love being active participants in our kids’ lives. We didn’t always want to be out and about with all the people, but it was a really big part of our social lives. Long story short, we now only have one sport per season, essentially cutting our out of house commitments in half. I have been able to do laundry and dishes as needed without being overwhelmed during the week (there’s less of both,) and still have time to putter a...
