Today was my parents’ Day of Freedom. It came two weeks after their second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19. And we decided that we wanted to celebrate the occasion together with ice cream and hugs (bonus points to … Continue reading
Could it be that we’re really getting to the end of winter and the end of COVID? Today it kind of feels like it. Olivia and Cor went back to school today. They had an extra-long Spring Break, extended on … Continue reading
Dear Elliot, I sincerely thought that last year’s birthday letter was a one-of-a-kind letter. I figured a once-in-a-century pandemic would be just a blip on the radar of life. A 1% thing, right? I mean, I didn’t love the way … Continue reading
I made it a goal to blog for every day of our family’s time with COVID-19. Our family’s time with COVID-19 also happened to fall exactly one year after our societal shut-down for COVID-19. So I’ve been doing a lot … Continue reading
Our family is down to our last 36 hours before the end of our isolation and quarantine. When this is all over, I get to freely hug my children again. I’m very excited to get back to normal household life. … Continue reading
We’ve had some beautiful Spring weather this week. It’s been helpful for getting through our family’s recovery from COVID-19. Yesterday, Elliot went and fetched some Dairy Queen treats for us. We enjoyed them together in our back yard, sitting on … Continue reading
Yesterday afternoon, I was reading the newspaper in our Family Room. In doing so, I noticed a news story that was directly applicable to our family. So I texted my kids with the marked-up photo above and wrote: “You guys … Continue reading
Do you know about the Apollo 13 mission to the moon? It’s famous because it was a near-disaster in the early days of space discovery (1970). An excellent Hollywood feature film dramatized the story 25 years later (1995). Oddly enough, … Continue reading
It’s Saint Patrick’s Day! The day we celebrate a British missionary to Ireland with green beer and Irish Pride parades. It’s not a holiday that meant a lot to me, growing up. However, my interest in Saint Patrick’s day has … Continue reading
I’ve heard this pandemic compared to a war, a race, a game… But however one frames it, our household is currently losing. Team COVID has pulled ahead with three members of our household officially positive for the Coronavirus. Our team … Continue reading