Here in New York, winter drags on. It’s always cold. It’s usually dark (yes, even during the day– we’ve had very little sun, just a gray haze). The routine is always the same. This year, it hasn’t even been broken up by snow; we’ve had only one snow day. In midwinter, everyone in school goes […]
Perspective
You Can Prepare All You Want, But…
COVID is not just the weather anymore. It’s the very atmosphere we live in. And thinking that you can avoid the atmosphere is laughable.
Waiting for Covid
If someone were to ask me what I am doing this weekend, the most truthful answer would be: I am waiting for Covid. We have been extraordinarily lucky thus far. Despite the four of us attending five different schools (my daughter goes to both preschool and daycare) and having had at least four known exposures […]
Perfect Summer
I had the oddest feeling when I woke up on Sunday morning. It was the last Sunday of summer and the last day of our family vacation in Maine. I thought to myself, “I had a perfect summer. Everything went well.” But my realization left me feeling bewildered, because it hadn’t felt at all like […]
Faith, Hope & Love
With the resurgence of Covid and all the uncertainties that accompany it, my mental health has been poor for the past few weeks. I bet I’m not the only one feeling this way. (How are YOU doing, reader?) However, at 40, I’ve been working on my mental health for a long time, and I have […]
While We Were Gone, the Zinnias Bloomed
Our neighbor up the street plants zinnias every spring. The kids and I are excited to watch every stage of the process– first the prepared soil, then the progression of tiny shoots, leaves, and blooms in every color. Zinnias are my favorite flower, and I love that they come in late summer, just when things […]