Vigil, Darkness, and Morning

My experience of Holy Week this year was very much set by my particular life circumstances this year.  For starters, in addition to being the biggest week in the Christian calendar, it is also one of the busiest weeks in my academic year as a homeschooling parent.  Our children have four major events taking place next week, all of which require a ton of work to complete (and which they have been working on for weeks).  We knew this was going to be the case, and we planned around it in order to be prepared.