Review

Back to routines. Back to familiarity. Back to what makes us ourselves. Break is a good word, but so is back. I can see my daughter mature another year as I return to the routine. I can appreciate my son for much more as I return. I can see better how to go about living a slightly more principled life as I get back into the normal rhythms. I think the familiar is our fabric—the familiar smells, sounds, sights, patterns. They're routines because we have tried the wild stuff. It's fun, but it's not worth doing all the time for some reason or another. We've adopted the tested and true activities for our lives. It's great to be back.