57: Quarantine Check-In

I hope you all are staying safe and healthy, social distancing, washing hands, eating healthy and being kind to one another. I know that many of you are afraid – afraid for your child who may be medically fragile and of the more vulnerable population, struggling with children who just can’t understand why they can’t see their friends or their grandparents, worried about bills and jobs and food and what now…and I would love to come on here with words of comfort and assurances that this will all be ok. But I’m not sure what ‘be ok’ means to you. I can tell you that we are all in this together. We are all struggling, and afraid, and unsure how to talk to our children, what they are going to remember and what life will look like when this is all passed. And we are all, most of us, making it work. There may be tears and frustration and fear, but there is also life. There is also laughter and learning, and connecting in ways we may not have thought before or tried. Do you know what is a simple act to do with your child? Tell a story. I wish you all health, strength and many beautiful, peaceful moments during this time.