today, my dad took the boys so that I could be part of our tutoring program. After tutoring, I had 30 minutes to relax before going to pick them up and going to the gym. When I got there, it was fun to drink chai and see the boys play ping pong. They were happy, and that made me happy.

At the gym, I did my usual machine while the boys tried different kinds of machines. I think it’s too boring for them to do just one thing the whole time. Then, at home, one of the boys accidentally bonked the other while putting something together, and I realized that I was in fact tired by my reaction (like a lioness roaring against someone hurting her cub). So then I had to apologize. Actually, it was during the rosary that I felt super encouraged to apologize, so I did. I then read to my youngest from a book he’s assigned at school, read from Proverbs about trying to have a gentle, patient, and kind answer, and then I brought a water to my middle child, the one I roared at earlier. We had a nice exchange, and now I am watching two cats lick each other, and I really need to go rest!

Please pray that we are able to complete everything we need to do, and somehow still find time to rest. I took my daughter’s phone, so hopefully she will be able to truly rest as well. Taking the cats’ electronics tomorrow! Just kidding. They are the best at resting. I can learn from them!