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I’m approaching five years of full time “out of the house” work.  It took a long time for me to find the balance, but I think it was about a year ago I started to find my way in feeling like I was managing home and work pretty well.  This past month I think I have been hitting my stride.  Now I don’t want to jinx myself-yes, I am stuperstitious.  I have a lot of superstitions I follow.  Recently I’ve been enjoying the one for dancers and saying merde a lot.

The spring season brings the end of a semester and the dear tutors and students have been creating many Mr. Holland moments-a simple “thank you”, a “I get it so much more than I did before”, a “can I meet with you during the summer too?”-simple words that fill my heart with joy.  A lovely and thoughtful letter of thanks.  Anticipation of events being planned for next fall.  Happy recollections of the past few years that built up to this-graduation for many.

(Seniors “walking the plank”.)

Sprinkled into the Mr. Holland moments are memory making moments with my sons.  Spring concerts-oh, yes…more cow bells!  Last night older son had his first band concert and he played snare drum, bass drum, and cow bell.  Younger son had his choral concert tonight-he did great and they sang Octopus’s Garden!  Several of the songs were performed with the music teacher playing acoustic guitar-my favorite.  Tomorrow night is older son’s choral concert.  The art show was this week at school as well.  Field trips, baseball games, brain teaser games at home, and family dinners.

The grass needs to be mowed, three loads of laundry need to be put away, and piles of stuff need to be sorted, but who cares?  Happiness has been filling my heart.   Balance is flowing in.