Tag: COVID-19
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Social Distancing Week 33…Be Gentle
Every single bit of that exhaustion is real, and cumulative, and palpable. If it were solely a personal exhaustion, I could believe that it would dissipate with more sleep or better self care. But it’s not just a personal exhaustion. It’s a societal exhaustion and I have a feeling it’s effects will linger in all…
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Social Distancing Week 32…You Can’t Always Get What You Want
In week 32 of our schools being physically closed, the “want” in our family to be back on campus has to be secondary to the critical “need” for in person instruction for a small group of students. We can’t always get what we want, but I am deeply happy to see other kids getting what…
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Social Distancing Week 31…Mourning In A Pandemic
Mourning may be solitary, but a celebration of life needs community.
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Social Distancing Week 30…We Could Make This Place Beautiful
I came across a poem this morning that was originally written in 2016 by the poet Maggie Smith. Good Bones gets to the core of the restlessness tied to trying to hold space for hope, while raising kids in a world that feels upside down. So pretty much me, right now…
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Social Distancing Week 29+….We’re Living The Plot Of A Terrible Dystopian Novel
If this were an actual novel, I would have thrown it across the room in disgust several chapters back. But this is real life (real absurd life), so I’m stuck waiting for the next plot twist while trying to hold out hope for something redemptive to happen.
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Social Distancing Week 28…No Rest For The Weary
I don’t generally feel helpless, but 28 weeks in on a global pandemic I admit to feeling a deepening sense that my actions aren’t having much impact on outcomes. So yeah, I’m feeling kind of helpless. And my brain is trying to problem solve me out of that feeling with no respect for time or…
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Social Distancing Week 26…Literal and Figurative Wildfire
If this strange time has taught me anything, it’s to find gratitude in the little things and hope hidden in the chaos. The world may be burning down around us, but inside our little house we are all okay and for today that is enough.
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Social Distancing Week 25…Desperately Seeking Sanity
Thursday, September 3, 2020…10:40am Almost the end of week 25. Since we’re counting by Fridays, the week actually ends tomorrow. But right now Brian and I are in his truck, heading north, without the kids. We’re desperately seeking some sanity this weekend and chatty teenagers who have been around 24/7 for 25 straight weeks is…
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Social Distancing Week 24…Normal For Now
Social Distancing Week 24 – I’m thankful we feel good about how the school year started for our kids. It’s not perfect. I do not doubt there will be challenges. But it’s good enough because it’s not forever. It’s not forever, it’s just normal for now.
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Social Distancing Week 23…Back to School
While both kids seem “ready” on this last weekend before school begins, I know that there is no way to fully be prepared since there is no way of predicting how the school year will actually play out. But isn’t that always the case?
We're All A Little Broken 