Getting a break from the pandemic is an important part of mental health, so starting today, I’m steering the Care Package back toward what it once was: an escape from the daily grind by focusing on the beautiful things in life. I’ll keep self-care tips going, and I’ll relay important pandemic-related info as it comes up. …
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Care Package for Thursday, May 7, 2020
The Care Package, aimed at helping you cope with the new normal and the impacts of physical distancing, now includes a list of important phone numbers and websites at the bottom of each edition. I’ll add more as they reveal themselves or occur to me. To lighten the mood, I’ve added a second Care Package …
A TOUCH OF SILVER: Ethan’s Got Talent(ed Friends), pt. 2
A few weeks back, I shared the creative talents of a few friends of mine. Of all the stuff I’ve posted on the blog over the last year and a half or so, that piece ended up in the top five in terms of feedback. In the interest of keeping spirits elevated and sharing the …
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BONUS Care Package for Thursday, April 2, 2020
Today is World Autism Awareness Day. Many of my friends and I who used to work daily with kiddos on the spectrum are apart from them now because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We miss them SO MUCH, and a big part of what’s getting us through this time is the anticipation of seeing them again. …
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A TOUCH OF SILVER: Tuesday Afternoon
Before all of this, Tuesday was Monday’s weird uncle. I’d have taken a dozen Mondays over one Tuesday. But now, Tuesday’s just another day that could easily be Saturday or Sunday. In the six-and-a-half years we’ve lived in our house, in the ten-and-a-half years we’ve been married, I’ve never sat across the kitchen table from …