Year 2 and Thank You

As my kids return to school after winter break I find myself in a familiar situation checking the rising COVID numbers in our county and refreshing the school district’s COVID dashboard webpage every hour knowing damn well that those numbers do not accurately reflect the number of active COVID cases and are just a fraction

Dear Girl

A letter to my pre-pandemic self. Dear Girl, It’s December 2019 and you are living a version of your life that seems successful to the onlooker. You have two adorable babies. You just spent the first year in your new house. Your social life is active, but things are about to change abruptly and there

First Day of School

My oldest started kindergarten today. For the last few nights I have been waking up in the middle of the night worrying about him. I usually wake up around 3 am and a never-ending cycle of questions swirl through my head. What if he’s too nervous to talk? What if he doesn’t make any friends?

Stay at Home (Mom)

It’s been five months since I left my classroom to be at home full time with my kids. In many ways it’s exactly how I expected – I know all the details about my kids day-to-day lives. I know what they eat and how much TV they’re watching. I know their favorite games and current

Mr. Mig

On Tuesday Mat went back to school for hybrid teaching. Working from home has definitely been a struggle for some couples. Sharing the same workspace and seeing each other all day long can be exhausting. For us, it has been heavenly. We love being together with the kids all day. We consider it a fleeting

Time to Move On

In late September as my school was preparing to return to in-person learning, I made the heart wrenching decision to take a leave of absence for the rest of the school year. Initially, I had asked for accommodations to continue to teach from home, but I was denied. The way I saw it, I had