Tag: pandemic
Goodbye Daycare, Hello Preschool
It's April 2020, and I am forced to hand over my precious 4-month-old daughter to a stranger outside of a locked building that I'm...
Three Years Later: Is the Pandemic Forever a Part of Us?
Three years.
It’s been three years since we hoarded toilet paper, sanitized groceries, made masks from scraps of cloth, and stayed inside to stay safe.
One...
I Want A Divorce But I Am Afraid To Get One
I want a divorce but I am afraid to get one. I am very unclear about being "in love," like what that truly means....
Welcome, Our Second Pandemic Baby
I had our first child, a son, two weeks before the world shut down. I did not know the term “pandemic baby” or “COVID”...
Hanging on to Hope: A Pre-teen’s Journey Through Suicide Ideation
Tears stained her chubby, rose-colored cheeks and she gasped for air, as she struggled to catch her breath. I grabbed my eleven-year-old daughter and...
A New Pandemic Love Language
Leave it to a global pandemic to alter what we consider fundamental and comprehensive truth. In his book The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman...
Teachers Are Exhausted
Here is where I would compose the extremely creative introductory paragraph with a good hook. But due to the potential mass teacher exodus and...
Grocery Hoarding Feeds My Control-Needs
“Hmmm, better run to Costco tomorrow. We’re down to our last three frozen pizzas.”
Why am I overstocking groceries? One word: CONTROL. Hoarding provides me...
If Not For the Pandemic, Would We’ve Continued Growing Our Family?
"Four kids." Ten years ago, when my husband and I sat side by side in premarital counseling and the counselor asked each of us...
Joining the Dating Scene Again? Making Adult Friends
I’ve decided that making new friends as a parent at age 30 is a lot like dating. My husband and I were together before...
Face to Face with Covid-19
This past weekend, my mom tested positive for Covid-19. The following day my stepdad also tested positive. None of this would have been surprising...
The Battle Over Masks: Can We Do This for Our Kids?
I snapped a picture of our school's approved snack list last night while sitting in my son's meet the teacher night. It struck me...
I Am Hanging on by a Thread
I tend to live in a place of gratitude, I always have, and I always will. That is not to say that I do...
Dear Summer: A Love Letter
Dear Summer,
Welcome back, my long-lost love. You have been missed. The summer of 2020 brought challenges and lessons to be learned. But this year...