🎒 Back to School, Back to Sanity… Kind Of

 

🎒 Back to School, Back to Sanity… Kind Of

Let’s all take a deep breath together. Inhale peace. Exhale… the Target receipt from school supply shopping.

It’s that magical, chaotic time of year again—Back to School. The kids are headed out the door in too-big shoes and freshly sharpened pencils, and you’re standing in the hallway wondering if it’s okay to cry tears of joy and exhaustion at the same time. (Spoiler: it absolutely is.)

After months of sticky countertops, endless snack requests, and more screen time negotiations than a hostage situation, back-to-school season feels like that moment in a movie when the main character finally catches their breath… until the next plot twist.

Here’s the truth: It’s peaceful. Kind of. But also? It’s a whole new level of chaos.

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🛍️ Let’s Talk About the School Supply Gauntlet

You walk into the store with confidence and a color-coded list. Ten minutes later, you're comparing three types of glue sticks and texting your mom friends to see if anyone has found the elusive wide-ruled composition notebook. Why is everything sold out by mid-July? Why does one teacher want a gallon of hand sanitizer and the other says “none, please”? Why does your child suddenly refuse to wear the backpack they loved two weeks ago?

We may never know.

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🍱 The Lunch-Packing Life Cycle

Week 1: Organic strawberries, Pinterest-worthy bento box.
Week 2: A ham sandwich and a granola bar.
Week 3: “I gave them lunch money. They'll figure it out.”

We start with the best intentions, but sometimes survival is the name of the game. If it’s edible and fits in a lunchbox, it's a win. If it’s eaten without complaints? That’s a miracle.

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⏰ Adjusting to Routines (AKA: The Great Morning Migration)

Ah, the sweet sound of an alarm going off at 6:00 a.m. After a summer of slow mornings and pajama days, suddenly the household must become a well-oiled machine again. Spoiler alert: it’s not. Not yet.

There will be missing shoes. There will be forgotten homework. There will be children who suddenly “don’t like” the breakfast they’ve loved for years. And through it all, you’ll be packing backpacks, tying shoes, and whispering prayers over your coffee mug like it’s holy water.

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🙌 But Then… It’s Quiet

The door closes. The house is still. There’s a moment—a glorious moment—when you realize you can hear your own thoughts again. You sit down. You breathe. You might even drink your coffee while it’s still warm.

And sure, the peace is temporary. There’s pick-up, practice, dinner, and homework battles still to come. But that brief pocket of quiet? It’s sacred. It’s sanity. It’s your reward for surviving the morning sprint and loving your kids through the back-to-school madness.

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💬 So, Mama—Here’s Your Permission Slip

You’re allowed to celebrate the return of school.
You’re allowed to miss your kids by 10 a.m.
You’re allowed to be a little chaotic and a lot relieved.

This season is messy and magical all at once—and you’re doing a beautiful job living in the middle of it.

So go ahead, pour another cup of coffee and bask in the kind-of-sanity that back-to-school brings. You earned it.