I love not going back to school days

I love that our life is our life and that we are not making any major changes or preparations in the next week or so due to the children having to go back to school.  I love that I do not have to go school supplies shopping, nor clothing shopping.  We have what we need.  I love that I don’t have to get them the right brand names – because we get what we get and we don’t have to worry about what the cool thing to wear is.  I love not being stressed about the beginning of September arriving.  I love that we had a playdate today and it felt like all our other days we’ve had playdates, in that it is part of our life – not because we can squeeze it in before school arrives.  I guess I might take lots of things for granted, but this is what we’ve chosen for our family life – to keep it that way – together, as a family - and not compartmentalized.