Another school year almost down

Simple reflections on another school year As it is now the middle of May, we have entered the final stretch of the current school year. The kids are all anxious, the parents are not ready to lose the serenity of a quiet house, and things are starting to slow down. Around here, we have four kiddos in school: a pair of freshmen (almost sophomore's) in high school, one getting ready to exit seventh grade, and one finalizing a second year in lower elementary. Our high school aged kids are completely opposite of what I was in school - absolute joiners. It's exciting, it's amazing, it makes us proud….. It's flipping exhausting. But that's a good thing. Early in the school year for them is busy with theater, musicals, plays - all that stuff. Later in the school year it's band, orchestra and choir competitions. One does band, one does choir, they both do everything else. They perform well enough to go to regional and State competitions. They receive the highest scores in these competitions -…