This month there are only seven days when children will be at school, like an April Fools’ joke that lasts four weeks
Last night my children waged war in my living room. As they fired Nerf guns in a battle against each other, stopping every so often to prevent the puppy from eating the bullets, I sat on the couch trying to maintain feelings of Zen by reading shopping catalogues. Some call those pamphlets junk mail, but in a world full of chaos what’s more soothing than checking out the discounts at your nearest supermarket?
The pamphlets were a coping strategy. As the chaos of my children swirled around me, I was also coming to terms with the fact that these kids are now on holiday. In fact they will be on holiday for most of April as this month there are only seven days when students will be at school. Talk about an April Fools’ joke that lasts all month.
