Ever step back and take a look at yourself?

I did that this weekend.

We had children over while their parents went on a date. After brunch Pete organized a backyard game of touch football. 

Every child was involved. Yet I was not invited to play.

I wanted to play. Yet I didn’t speak up.

​Do you remember my disappointment in Leonardo de Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper?

It was completely dilapidated.

The entire wall of the church, on which the masterpiece was painted, was covered with scaffolding as many worked to restore it.

Masterpieces need to be restored.

Restore means to:

“Yes, you definitely need a break!” my consultant confirmed.

She wanted me to get away for a weekend, and proceeded with a litany of instructions:

“No phone.”

“Sleep as much as you want.”

“Enjoy a reprieve.”

“Give your mind a vacation. No self-help or homeschool material. Bring light-hearted reading.”
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