I was pouring a second cup of coffee yesterday morning when my oldest walked through the kitchen on a live call with her school Chromebook. I couldn’t see the screen but I could hear her classmate sharing about her Christmas plans. Teen: “I’m going to Florida to see my dad, but I’m nervous.” Teacher: “Why…
This feels like one of the hardest weeks we’ve had since the pandemic began and I’m not even quite sure why. Maybe it’s because some of our dearest friends packed up their belongings and began a cross-country move to Colorado yesterday. Of course we have technology and can plan to visit them when travel is…
I sat alone in my car in a Panera parking lot with a cup of warm potato soup today. The familiarity of that place (a parking lot near my children’s school) and that lunch (a favorite on dreary days) made me almost feel normal. But life is still anything but normal. I was in that…
It never fails that I make a mess of what is supposed to be the most reflective week of the Christian year. Maybe because Easter is in the spring when the pace of activities picks up, but I always find myself more hurried and harried than usual in the days leading up to it. I’ve…