I know it's been a while. But I have to say...it's amazing what one can get done when not spending 75% of the day - butt glued to couch, eyes glued to monitor. But I do miss everyone. Tonight I'm feeling sort of emotional. Not sure why, really. Perhaps it's because a week from today my 3 oldest will return to school - each a year older, starting a new chapter at this school we have poured so much of ourselves into. I'm sitting here in the dark, while the rest of my family sleeps, and I feel so blessed for the family I have, and at the same time so inadequate to be in charge of them - not sure I am doing my best to help them become all they are meant to be. My heart is full as I think of each of my children sleeping in their rooms, and as often happens while they are sleeping, all the things that seemed to get under my skin throughout the day, or during the week, seem so inconsequential. And then comes the guilt for not being more patient, for ...