New School Year: Dad Is Adjusting

Life with six children is getting complicated. I am trying to adjust to the new school year, with different schedules and activities. Here's a sample of what a day might be like, actually, it is a picture of how today unfolded.

After morning exercise, took one of my kids out for a bagel. When we got home, Mom had taken one of the girls to a new home-school enrichment program for the day, and had another child tag along for the ride. Oldest son had taken youngest son to preschool. One child at home eating breakfast.

When I left home to head into work, I felt a bit disconnected to my dear family! Hadn't really talked much with my wife. Didn't get to say "goodbye" to several of my children. Did not have our morning prayer routine. Did not expect such an empty house at the start of the day! Kind of an empty feeling, really, as I drove off.

Nothing startingly new here, just an awareness of the usual busyness of a larger family and the need - my need - to adjust to the new fall schedule. I'll get there!