Things are just different now...

This is going to be a post about accepting limitations in yourself. 
This is something I have been giving a great deal of thought to lately; specifically since school started again after the glorious Christmas break.  With school starting again, the girls activities and mine have proven to be nearly too much for me to handle mentally.  Things I used to do and manage now seem overwhelming.  I attribute this mostly to unwillingly becoming a single parent last March, when we lost Keith. 
It seems that having anything to do after school, such as getting Maggie to ball practice, or attending a club meeting,
takes a lot of the joy out of that day for me.  Sadie is driving and able to help play taxi driver, but being a busy high school student, she now has One Act Play practices after school twice a week, plus homework and chores at home at night. 
So, I am learning to accept that for whatever reasons, I have limitations right now on how much extra "stuff" I can take
on.  I don't understand why I get overwhelmed so easily, but then I feel sure the grief stage I am in answers a lot of that.
Will my kids turn out okay if they don't play every sport, and don't take part in every extracurricular event? Most likely.
My goal for them is to be well rounded, spiritually and emotionally.
My goal for myself this year is to realize my limitations, and that things are just different now.  Some things will get easier as our year goes on; especially if I include the word "No" in my vocabulary more often.  My goal is progress, not perfection.