The First Day of School

Today was a weird day in many ways. We have been prepped and received a lot of perhaps unsolicited advice. So, on all accounts, it should have been a big day that we were going to embrace. I was bursting with pride that my firstborn was now in a prestigious big school, but some part of me also experienced an immense sense of loss. As I share my experiences, I cannot help but notice similarities. It makes me think of all the emotions we experience when starting a new business and hitting our first milestone.
Doing Push-Ups in the Thunder

This has been one of the most brutal weeks in my life. Running three businesses, dealing with a critically ill husband, pandemic year-end fatigue, runaway pets (that thankfully returned), allergic reactions that were intercepted in time, pets getting stuck in weird places, dealing with a green swimming pool, school requests and a three-year-old with sinusitis (in no particular order).
I knew that it would be tough, so I planned and prepared. However, a few days before this week and even in it, everything went wrong emotionally….