During our family’s hamster wheel of initial preparation to leave for Africa, one of my sons was diagnosed with ADHD. The Reader’s Digest version, as I looked to homeschooling him: Overwhelmed. 

It was entirely new for me, this feeling. It crept into my heart and penetrated my mind. It consumed my thoughts. It spread through my body, causing numbness, sweaty palms, and jumbled words. It seemed to wreak havoc on my soul.