My son and daughter both started new schools last week,and continue today after the long weekend. There is stress.

Each handle it their own way–my son is short-tempered and obsesses about his hair and not getting any food on his clothes, while my daughter is quiet and sulky. I remember the feeling of not knowing what was going to happen, and having little control over life.

If only these kids could learn to breathe, and realize our whole lives have a little bit of unknown, and a lot of feeling powerless, and we just need to come to peace with it. It’s not easy of course, but as parents we need to give them a lot of love, support, and sometimes space. We need to breathe also!