I can only speak for myself, but these pandemic days are hard. Even as states, towns, and communities start to slowly reopen, this new normal is challenging, stressful, and uncertain.
Read morePressing Pause to Consider Our Purpose
It might be hard, in this moment, to conceive of pressing a metaphorical pause button and actually stopping or, at least, slowing down.
Read morePermission Slip
Normally, when we think about permission slips, my sense is that we either remember that we forgot to sign a slip for our kids to participate in an upcoming trip or activity at school OR we recall a time when we had to ask one of our own family members to sign a slip so WE could go on some cool field trip or outing
Read moreSocial Distance Does Not Have to Mean Social Isolation
According to Merriam-Webster.com social distancing is "the practice of maintaining a greater than usual physical distance from other people or avoiding direct contact…"
Read moreTell Me This
I remember being around my grandmother whether alone or with a group, and someone would be sharing something, a story, a scene from their day, or a recent memory and she would often say “Tell me this, Carey” or to whomever was chatting.
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