2020 has been one doozy of a year. One of the ONLY good things to come out of it was the prevalence of funny memes that made us laugh, not cry, about this dumpster fire of a year. I present the best memes about 2020 below, none of which I made (!), but all of [Read More]
How to Savor the Holiday Season at Home
This year the holiday season may look different. Masks and social distancing have put a damper on the usual gatherings at schools and in our communities. My own kids are sad that holiday concerts and our town’s parade have been canceled. But there’s no need to be filled with despair. After all, it is still [Read More]
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Itty Bitty Things I’m Thankful For During This Strange Time
November is the month in which we give thanks in the U.S. But what do we have to be thankful for this year? It’s been a doozy. However, sometimes during this strange time it helps me to think about the itty bitty things I *am* thankful for. Because being thankful about even the small things [Read More]
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One Simple Thing Encouraged My Teen to Join our Family During the Pandemic
Got teens? Got teens in a pandemic? I do and it inspired the post below, which I wrote during the height of the stay-at-home order in April. This originally appeared on Grown and Flown. I never thought a pandemic would magnify typical teenage behavior in my sixteen-year-old son. However, my son still wants nothing to [Read More]
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Middle School Chronicles: A Summer in Quarantine
I’m pleased to welcome my daughter Sydney to the blog today. Sydney is an 8th grader who wrote the post below about her summer in quarantine. When she’s not writing, Sydney enjoys playing ice hockey, strumming on her ukulele, and baking. Welcome Sydney! “Middle school is easy,” said no one ever. The constant social issues, [Read More]
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Gen X Greetings to Use While Social Distancing
Some days during the pandemic I felt like Ally Sheedy’s character, Allison Reynolds, in The Breakfast Club. I buried my head, refused to talk, and felt scared and skittish. Yet there were days during quarantine when I felt like a totally different John Hughes’ character, Ferris Bueller. I looked for small sources of joy in [Read More]
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10 Things I Learned in Quarantine
As things begin to open back up for us here in Michigan (a little slower than most other places), I am feeling a sense of joy and relief. I know we’re not out of the woods, but if I can just go out and about more freely to buy an ice cream cone or a [Read More]
