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I keep thinking about Alice, and about keeping this time as normal as possible.
I doubt I’ll look back on these weeks with any fondness. But maybe she’ll warmly recall the days that we got to volley by the fountains because we owned these eerily empty parks.
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I doubt I’ll look back on these weeks with any fondness. But maybe she’ll warmly recall the days that we got to volley by the fountains because we owned these eerily empty parks.
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I feel numb and not-quite-myself, especially after watching news about what’s happening in this city that has turned into my home.
And scared.
And grateful for my privileges.
And increasingly more patient with some aspects of all of this, and more frayed with other aspects.
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And scared.
And grateful for my privileges.
And increasingly more patient with some aspects of all of this, and more frayed with other aspects.
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But each day I muster some tickling, some snuggling, some teasing.
If I don’t lace up to hit the courts, and yell “pigeon at center court!!!” to make an 8YO giggle, the virus wins.
Some days, it feels like about all I muster! I’m learning to be gentle with myself about that.
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If I don’t lace up to hit the courts, and yell “pigeon at center court!!!” to make an 8YO giggle, the virus wins.
Some days, it feels like about all I muster! I’m learning to be gentle with myself about that.
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Alice doesn’t see the news. She shouldn’t know most of what’s happening.
But she can see the @EmpireStateBldg from her rm, and she’s the one who told me it looked like an ambulance.
She doesn’t seem scared when we talk. But I wonder.
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https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1244914357055770626?s=21 https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1244914357055770626
But she can see the @EmpireStateBldg from her rm, and she’s the one who told me it looked like an ambulance.
She doesn’t seem scared when we talk. But I wonder.
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https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1244914357055770626?s=21 https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1244914357055770626
I’m SO grateful for her teachers for standing up instruction that lends an air of normalcy.
Her afterschool program has done heroic work, too. Distance sewing classes are messy, and I’m still beyond-thrilled for them. The instructors’ patience is
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Her afterschool program has done heroic work, too. Distance sewing classes are messy, and I’m still beyond-thrilled for them. The instructors’ patience is
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Tonight, this thread by @casamuels spoke to my heart.
Especially this tweet.
Here’s to normalcy for the little ones. In every way we can muster it.
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https://twitter.com/casamuels/status/1245839175460499457?s=21 https://twitter.com/casamuels/status/1245839175460499457
Especially this tweet.
Here’s to normalcy for the little ones. In every way we can muster it.
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https://twitter.com/casamuels/status/1245839175460499457?s=21 https://twitter.com/casamuels/status/1245839175460499457
