We started a new routine around here last winter. While Vin puts the little boys to bed, Chamberlain grabs The Lord of the Rings and a hairbrush, and I read aloud while she brushes my hair. A few pages later, … Continue reading
Maybe like you, at the beginning of the Covid mayhem I went for weeks without seeing anyone outside my immediate family. But then the joke was over, the jig was up — and in a span of 48 hours, four … Continue reading
Dear schools, In the most gentle, loving way I can possibly say this: Lay off. I’m not talking to individual teachers. Several of my loved ones are teachers who have scrambled to balance the needs of their students with the … Continue reading