My Cup Is Full

This whole stay at home thing is wearing me down. I'm sure it's wearing everyone down at this point. 

The days with little kids are loooong & the isolation can be suffocating. 

But these little kids - boy, do they make all the craziness worth it. 

At any other normal time, my toddler would be at school two days a week. Or maybe at the park with friends or at a playdate. We're constantly on the go. He loves it & so do I. 

Now he's home 24/7. I thought his world would implode, but it didn't. He's not bothered by it. He asks about school, church, and his grandparents often, but somehow he hasn't melted down over everything just yet.

I'm getting more time with him and he's getting wonderful time with his new baby sister. Precious time he wouldn't get under normal circumstances.

As much as I am ready to get back in to a routine and visit all our people, I'm soaking up the irreplaceable sibling bond that I'm watching grow inside our home every day. 

My cup is full.

Our Overwhelming New Normal

Everything going on right now is overwhelming. And, quite frankly, crazy. It’s like someone opened a up sci-fi novel and the entire world got sucked into some alternate universe. Schools cancelled, gatherings limited, churches closed, grandparents quarantined, and people scrambling to find childcare in this new work-from-home-reality.

More often than not, emotions are scattered, tensions are high, and people are stumped. Homes have been turned upside-down in an effort to find a rhythm in the “new normal”. But, what the majority of the world is struggling with right now is everyday life for some. I hope we can remember that once all of this corona-craziness is over.

The isolation? That’s how grandparents feel when no one visits.

The worry?

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