I love back-to-school season. The thrill of buying new pens, fresh books ready to be cracked open, and possibility hanging in the air. IΓÇÖm a nerd, and IΓÇÖll own it. Give me a gift card to Staples, and IΓÇÖm a happy woman.However, since becoming a mom of school-age kids, the season has turned bittersweet.
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My mom always got up before the sun. In fact, I canΓÇÖt remember a single day as a kid that I went downstairs to find mom still in bed. Most days, sheΓÇÖd been up for hours. By the time I bellied up to the kitchen island for my bowl of cereal, sheΓÇÖd already read her Bible, unloaded the dishwasher, folded two loads of clothes, sent three emails, played a game of Spider Solitaire, mentally planned her next home project, and downed four cups of coffee.
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