Excerpt from “Forty. Quarantine. Cuarenta. Quarantine.”
Forgive yourself now and each morning for your 9-5 job, teleworking instead of homeschooling. You do what you can, checking in every few hours, stroking their soft hair, less teacher and more reminder that you’re there, a waiting hug if they need one.Drink water. Go for a walk. Get plenty of rest.Wear the elephant necklace your sister sent last year for your birthday. Wear the elephant leggings your mom sent early for your birthday.Forgive yourself for deleting the teachers’ copious emails and trust your children, for the most part, to take charge of their own learning. Your gentle steerage is […]
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