As you can imagine, a family of eight kids, all being homeschooled, made our house a scene of barely controlled chaos on a daily basis. My mom was in charge of waking us up every morning, feeding us, getting us all to our various basketball practices, painting classes, and piano lessons, and then on top of all that, being our schoolteacher. To say it was a lot for her is a grand understatement. After my youngest sister, Evangeline, was born, my mom was kinda maxed out. She was physically and emotionally exhausted. Looking back on it now, it’s shocking that she didn’t reach her breaking point
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