Dear Heavenly Father,
As we reach the close of another school year, we humbly ask for your guidance on behalf of all parents. Please grant us relief from the chaos of rushed lunch preparations and the constant oversight of backpacks that seem to disappear into a black hole. Help us navigate those long evenings when the daylight stretches beyond our children’s bedtime, yet the early morning bus continues its relentless schedule.
We ask for strength to endure the whirlwind of May filled with special events, projects, and programs. Remind us to cherish these moments as delightful and meaningful rather than overwhelming trials.
Grant us the fortitude to support our children through baseball games, choir recitals, awards ceremonies, and soccer matches. Help them to feel our unwavering love as we sit in those hard bleacher seats, even while we might be distractedly engaged in a quick game on our phones. Our fatigue doesn’t diminish our enthusiasm; we have simply been witnesses to their growth throughout the year, and our eyes are weary.
Lord, please prevent us from completely giving up and resorting to last year’s candy as lunch options. Help us to at least upgrade to prepackaged yogurt, applesauce, and the occasional snack cake. We strive to maintain some semblance of standards amidst the madness.
In the moments when we feel utterly overwhelmed by another history project, math sheet, or book report, remind us of the teachers who must also manage these tasks. Encourage us to send a prayer their way as they grade with mercy.
May educators extend grace when we request a third permission slip for the end-of-year field trip, having misplaced the first two. Help us remember pajama day and forgive us when our children arrive in pants that no longer fit as we transition to shorts. And when our children reveal the truth about staying up late for ice cream and iPad time, let the teachers understand that the struggle to establish bedtime routines is very real. We ask for forgiveness for our desperate missteps.
We pray that sports jerseys and overdue library books emerge from the various piles when called upon. May the clean laundry multiply like loaves and fishes. And let everyone agree that a diet of frozen pizza and waffles several nights a week is a valid, albeit unvaried, nutritional plan that won’t lead to disaster before June.
Above all, Lord, please help us to survive May without losing our sanity, our children, or our will to continue. Each is being put to the test.
Amen.
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In summary, as parents, we navigate the complexities of the school year with hope, humor, and a prayer for strength. May we find support and guidance as we strive to make it through May with our sanity intact.
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