What do you do when your child becomes something to remain behind the caution tape for longer than the time the doctor says he needs to be? What happens when instead of being in a contaminated room with doctors and nurses in hazmat suits the walls build up around you and your child? It's like… Continue reading What They Don’t Tell you About COVID, a Poem for my Son
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How we Respond when Consistency Goes
Consistency. Something many of us want as much as currency or a walk in the park when some of us have been constrained in close quarters. Consistency is a stranger to me. It is uncommon to many right now. There are those without jobs because of COVID-19. There are those who, like me from March… Continue reading How we Respond when Consistency Goes
So, You want Life to be Normal Again
While my daughter lay dying with what I thought was a stomach bug just before her doctor's appointment, I gave feedback on five students' work when I wasn't going to work at all that day due to my daughter's illness.
The Fears we Can’t Predict and Promises we Can’t Keep
Fear exists everywhere in the world. It's been described in metaphors as the monster under the bed or by Dr. Seuss as the thing under the rug. Fear exists in the strongest of souls. Fear thrives in the uncertainty of what comes next. With the reality of COVID 19, there are many who fear when they'll… Continue reading The Fears we Can’t Predict and Promises we Can’t Keep
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