They are a generation of children that had to figure how to learn in a completely unconventional manner. Their teachers had to pivot completely overnight. They not only had to be surrounded by parents who themselves were wary and weary and emotional and confused, but they had to navigate everything in a way I hope...
And so…. Mother’s Day 2020…. Pretty par for the course for the year….. After spending 4 hours on the phone with a lovely woman in India trying to fix a router problem, (because not having internet is not an option in a house running two home offices and a school), and literally exhausting every option...
On my first day of school, my mom wanted to curl my hair. I absolutely refused to let her do that. “Let me do it myself MOM!” And I did. And I burnt the ever living shit out of myself. And that’s how I started Kindergarten. With a burnt cheek. But at least my...
A decade. 10 years. Seems like a daunting amount of time. But really. It’s not. 10 years can soar by in a heartbeat. Yet so much can happen in that heartbeat. Life happens in that heartbeat. So much life. …………………….. In this decade….time moved so swiftly. It tiptoed and stomped. It swept past me,...
I stand at the bottom of the three stairs leading into my 1914 house . Just three. And I start panicking. I attempt to lift my good leg and think again. And then I do it again and again. Until I’m sweating. And shaking. And tears are forming. I can’t. And I finally hand my...