Month: December 2020

Maybe now more than ever morning routines matter. Over the past 10 months since this whole pandemic started I have learned the importance of routine in my life. When the stay-at-home orders first hit in March, which now seems like a lifetime ago, I figured this would last maybe a month, or two at the…

Our world stopped about 2 weeks before Christmas, my daughter caught COVID, despite our careful mask-wearing and distancing, and working from home, it came to our family. Honestly, I haven’t been so scared in my life for my daughter and for the health of our family. But we learned a lot over these past few…

It is Hanukkah this week, and my home is filled with menorahs, white lights, and candles. I am reminded once again, is it isn’t the things that make the holidays, it is the people we share them with. I have all the recipes out, the decorations up, but it just doesn’t feel the same. It…

Day 265 We were told today that most likely we are doing into further shutdown, a new stay at home order. We haven’t had that in months, yet here we are again. The COVID numbers are skyrocketing, and although many people get this virus and do ok, many people end up in the hospital and…