Chapter 55

• IN MY HOUSE, we avoid doing any and all homework on Saturdays, so Sundays are complete chaos. And this week is final exam week, so lucky me. Why can’t this be Ryan’s week? Ava is pretty self-sufficient, but Jacob is a different story. Even with accommodations for his dyslexia, it’s still rough. Thankfully, Connor doesn’t have exams yet, so he’s just gearing up for his end of the school year party. Between that and final exams, I’m not going back to Atlanta for over a week. As soon as they finish up next Friday, I’ll be packing them up and getting them ready for their vacation with their dad. It’s a lot to handle.
• Summer won’t be much easier—Ava has a job at the library and volunteers at Hope Cottage, which is Layla and Gage’s charity project; Connor’s camp schedule is insane; and as for Jacob, I’m not sure how I’m going to keep him busy and out of trouble. He’s too old for camp, but not old enough to work a summer job. Poor baby, typical middle child problems. I’m feeling overwhelmed at the thought of running everyone here and there and trying to work at the same time.
• Pushing all that out of my mind, I hustle around, wrangling the kids to get ready for Sunday Mass. Ava doesn’t complain too much. Connor likes that we go to family lunch after, but Jacob hates it altogether. He tells me he doesn’t believe in God. I tell him that’s between him and God, but as long as he lives with me, he’ll give an hour to Jesus every Sunday morning.