With the house unpacked, and the children returned, today is our family’s fresh start. We are the same people, with the same jobs and school schedule, in a completely new environment.

It’ll take us time to adjust, to figure it all out, but this fresh start feels like a real opportunity. A new house, a new town, a new parish, it’s a chance to look at everything. I wrote last week that I had to touch every single thing that we owned when I unpacked. Now, I have to touch every single routine.

What do I want our days to look and feel like? How do I want to keep building my relationship with my children, expanding their minds, and exploring our world?

We get so few fresh starts in life. When they do come alone, it’s best to seize them.

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