Semi-Serious Topic

Sorry we haven't blogged in awhile (although, Mike does have a blog topic and some pictures to go along). Life is hectic right now. This week is parent teacher conference week at school so my life is crazy. We haven't had school on a Friday since the 3rd and won't again until December 1st. It really makes it hard to get to everything that needs to be done in 5 days when you only have 4.

Yesterday I was talking to a long-term sub in my building. She is here covering a maternity leave. Anyway, we were talking about kids and babies and she mentioned that her son died of a heart attack 5 years ago. He was 27. Then she said, "Enjoy every minute because they don't belong to us. We just get to borrow them for a little bit". I thought that was very profound for such a simple statement. I think that's even true when kids grow up, move away, or get married. They're not ours to control or make decisions for - we just get to borrow them when they are little and love them always.

TLA