Tag: parenting in a pandemic
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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 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 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?
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Social Distancing Week 22…Off The Grid
It was definitely not the most relaxing camping trip of our lives. But we were away from the place where we’d all spent most of our time for the previous 21 weeks, with great friends and in fresh air. The days weren’t easy, but there was so much laughter. We didn’t completely escape being around…
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Social Distancing Week 21…Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
Literally no other family in the history of civilization has lived through exactly what our family is living through right now. I know that tends toward hyperbole, but it’s actually an absolute truth. A truth that is somehow stranger than fiction.
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Social Distancing Week 20…Literally Nobody Is Functioning Normally
Friday, July 31, 2020…10:16am The end of week 20. My husband said to me yesterday, “I feel like I am living the in the plot of a totally unbelievable movie.” I think that sums it up for me this week. That and this… We’re heading to the beach to find a piece of unoccupied sand…
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Social Distancing Week 19…Running on Empty
This week broke me in about a million tiny ways. But in the grand scheme of things, they are all tiny.
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Social Distancing Week 18…Choosing Okay
Friday, June 17, 2020…10:03am The end of week 18. If COVID-19 were a person, he/she/they would now be considered a legal adult. Ironic if you consider the fact that so much of the trouble and angst around life/economy/schools/churches reopening feels a whole heck of lot like there is not an adult in the room. Or…
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Social Distancing Week 17…Seriously,WTF?!
I’ve lost count of the number of times per day that I either think or exclaim out loud..”WTF”
We're All A Little Broken 