Tag: Social Distancing
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Social Distancing Week 40…A Long Winter Nap
We know the next two weeks will look nothing like what is traditional for us. We don’t know how we will fill the time and spaces that are wide open in the absence of opportunities to be among family and friends. I am resisting the urge to fill all the empty spaces with plans.
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Social Distancing Week 39…Finding A Gentle Joy
Gentle joy feels attainable as opposed to aspirational – so gentle joy is my goal and also my wish for all of you.
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Social Distancing Week 38…Hope
Hope for a healthier and safer 2021 is alive and well, but we’re not there yet.
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Social Distancing Week 37…Nothing and Everything
Friday, November 27, 2020…7:44pm The end of week 37. . We’re coming off a week spent at a desert vacation rental with my family. One day back in the summer, I suggested we make a plan to spend Thanksgiving week away together. Somehow even way back in July I had a feeling we would still…
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Social Distancing Week 36…Both/And 3.0
Somewhere along the way in the past 36 weeks I forgot to keep living in the both/and.
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Social Distancing Week 35…Change of Scenery
Here’s to changes in scenery and finding small blessings in this upside down life.
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Social Distancing Week 34…Stuck In The Middle
Friday, November 6. 2020…10:07am The end of week 34. All week I’ve had snippets of the song “Stuck In The Middle With You” by Stealers Wheel running through my head. Clowns to the left of me – this entire debacle that is the 2020 presidential election, teenagers who clearly need some space from each other,…
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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.
We're All A Little Broken 