The New Normal
All through Spring Break, we tried to make things"normal" for our own children, but Spring Break 2020 will always be associated with the quarantine of Covid 19. While our two were allowed to stay up late and play video games, they missed spending time with our extended family and their friends.There were no outings or playdates. We didn't have any overnight trips anywhere, not even a short trip to get ice cream or walk at the beach. There was nothing normal about it at all. As the end of the official break crept up closer and closer, we had to acknowledge that the "new normal" was going to take some time to get used to. I thought more and more about work and the kids' online learning. The more I turned inwards in my thoughts, the more my own anxiety rose and I prayed. I turned to God and I allowed myself the mourn the "buts"... But we still have so much to do... But we were just getting into new routines with some of our students... But all...