I have birthdays to plan for next week. One of my sons is turning 6, while my daughter is turning 3. We previously had plans to hang out with friends aaaaaaaaand yeah. I’m sure that I don’t have to explain to you what happened. Coronavirus kills birthday dreams. It had been happening to other people … Read more
I just finished We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal. And I have so many thoughts about it to share today! I intend to talk about the book in general, but I won’t be spoiling the ending. Thus the storyline is going to be a bit vague, but if you’ll appreciate that if you haven’t … Read more
It is March 18, 2020. The kids went to their dad’s house this morning for two overnights, so I am home alone. I spent the day catching up on work that I hadn’t been able to do with the kids home from school. I also ran over to the library to get some more books … Read more
Homeschool sure has started out with a bang. Today is March 17, 2020. It feels like it should be at least April 17, 2020. I have great kids. For the most part (well, with the exception of my middle child, my son), my kids are pretty mellow and easy to get along with. My second … Read more
I’m not a teacher. I’ve always thought a bit about homeschooling my kids, but I’ve never been in a position to do it. Until today. It’s March 16, 2020, and due to the corona virus, all the schools in my state are closed until the end of March. There are definitely hints that the shutdown … Read more
Today is March 15, 2020, and this is the second installment of my daily living in a coronavirus world blog. I’m just documenting what it’s like here where I live, in the hopes that one day I’ll look at this blog and laugh at myself and my observations because this will all be over. As … Read more
Like many parents, this week I got the news that school is doing to be shut down for the next few weeks, or maybe even longer. We are expecting to be home at least until the beginning of April 2020, while others are not going back to school until the END of April. (My poor … Read more
Are you pregnant or expecting a child? Are you reading all the stats about the importance of reading on the formations of little brains, language, and even emotional connections to caregivers? The research on reading to children is astounding. It seems that the more we know about reading to children, the better we understand it … Read more
Alright everyone, I’m going to try and blog about our experiences in this coronavirus pandemic daily, if I can. This traffic to this site is minimal right now (it’s a newer blog), so I doubt many people will read it. But at least it will serve as a journal of how this all went, and … Read more
Today we are talking about the common practice of taking out loans to fund studying for the bar ( as well as my experience in funding bar study). I was a law student many years ago, and I can speak from experience about how that has played out for the folks who did, and the … Read more