Last Day of Summer

As quickly as it arrived, summer is on the cusp of closing out. The idyllic days of leisure, with clear schedules and no homework, give way to the rhythm of the school year.

As my children enter higher grades, our calendar is an explosion of activity. Virtual classes, computer assignments, and extracurriculars now fill my calendar in a way that they never have before. Weekly defined tasks and objectives have focused in on immovable class times and date-specific deadlines. This is a brave new wor...