Tag: corona virus

Reached your limit?

My iPhone is out of storage space. As I try to retrieve some super important piece of information from this handheld device that functions as the second half of my brain, it just refuses to work. You have …

A year we didn’t see coming

2020. I know. We’re all done with this year. I’ve seen the memes and read the social media posts. Everyone is ready for this unprecedented dumpster fire of a year to make its way out the door. We …

For when you have more questions than answers

“Mom, can I ride this skateboard down the stairs?” “Mom, can I chew 5 pieces of gum at one time?” “Mom, can I have a pet snake?” “Mom, can I have a snack?” “Mom, can I jump off …

Choosing Words

Tongue-tied. That’s how I have found myself lately. Despite the fact that I have read a lot of words; listened to a lot of words; and even said a lot of words about all that is going on …

Willing to be salt and light on a regular Friday?

So here we are at the end of this strange month of May, and life still feels far from normal. Re-opening the world while continuing to fight an invisible virus has proved to be more complicated and more …

A May we don’t recognize

So, is this really May? A two-month-long string of snow days? I’m not quite sure I recognize it. Normally, I greet May with a steely kind of preparedness wielding Field Day popsicles and last orchestra concert programs as …

Weird things I am missing … and what I am learning

On Wednesday, the Governor of Georgia stood in the bright Atlanta sunshine surrounded by health and legal officials along with a very energetic sign language interpreter and ended our 2019-2020 school year. The words were barely out his …

So, how are you doing?

This sign made me cry yesterday. The skies were deliriously blue, the sun was shining and the park was closed? The silence was deafening. “Just relax. Everything is all going to be alright,” a friend’s text pops up …

Peace. Be Still. And wash your hands.

These are the days of people grocery shopping with gloves on, buying toilet paper by the case and backing away from handshakes. A nervous store clerk scrubs the counter with a pile of wipes and tries to take …