Practice

When does our practice start and when does it finish?
If you sit down to meditate, closing your eyes could be seen as the start. 
If you intend to practice for 20 minutes then that last minute would be the end.

Any practitioner of meditation could probably relate to the experience of being interrupted mid session. With kids in the picture this is quite common. In the early days of practice this mid med interruption can be seen as a disaster and ironically a meditator that has been deprived of their full practice can become not so nice to be around.
Its a good reminder to know that we don’t meditate for the experience of meditation we meditate for the experience of life. Getting shocked out of mediation is part of the practice as much as the eyes closed sitting part is. 
Its a lesson in surrender.
Can I adapt to the flow of life and respond to its needs with grace? 
There will always be more opportunities to sit down and close the eyes so go with the flow.
Creatively fulfil the demands of life, tend to the kids and gracefully move from one state to the next. 

The practice is life.