Nicole Akers the mere fact of asking the question about mindfulness lets me know that yes, you are open to a mindful approach. :-)

My youngest brought home a word search — undone. He caught me glaring at the page and said “no worries mom, I told my teacher it was just busy work and I don’t DO busy work.” I smiled and asked if he got in trouble and he said “nuttin’ I couldn’t handle”.

What makes me crazy is the “tradition” because some mom looked on Pinterest and thought it was a good idea to blah, blah, blah! Let’s have meaningful traditions not bullshit ones! We only have one life — let’s make it meaningful.