I’ve been trying to get some perspective on the quarantine. I keep zooming in and out, thinking big picture (This too shall pass/I’ll wish I’d valued this time with my family) and small picture (I want to get out of the house/I wish I could hug my mom). It’s hard to find the right balance. […]
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Days 7/8: The Spider Bite
On Monday night, my left knee started to swell up. It quickly became very painful to walk, and by Tuesday morning I was confined to the couch. My husband and I worried about how to best take care of the kids with me unable to walk. I decided it was necessary to brave going to […]
Day 5: Curating Inputs
The best form of self-care is monitoring what I put into my body and my mind. I can’t be in a healthy, happy place either physically or mentally unless I curate my inputs, eliminating unhealthy things and emphasizing the healthy/happy things. That’s never been more important than it is now, with the future so uncertain […]
COVID-19 Quarantine, Day 1: Privilege
It’s not really day 1. This all started on Friday, when at the very end of our district’s conference day, we were notified that all schools in our county would be closed for two weeks. I spent the weekend processing and preparing. On Monday we had our first non-work day, and on Tuesday I had […]
To Care for Others, You Must First Care for Yourself
For about ten days in the middle of February, either I or one of my children was sick. It brought my life to a complete halt. I had to take a few sick days to care for me/us; I was hardly writing; I didn’t maintain most of my healthy habits. Everything else fell away while […]
Mid-January Life Update
Today is the start of this month’s blog streak! I’ll be posting every day from now until Saturday. I love blogging week because it pushes me to write more freely. I love it even more this month because I’m hip-deep in creative projects at the moment and feeling so good about it. But let’s start […]