Like many families in the U.S., our school year looks a lot different than it has in years past. Gone are the days of getting up at 6:30 a.m. and rushing to eat, get dressed and in the car in time for school. Instead, the kids get up when they get up. After breakfast, they usually head outside for some vitamin D and fresh air. Once back inside, they don’t head to desks or any sort of designated learning space. Instead, we compare their schedules with my husband’s calls for work and figure out who needs to use the one table we have first. Some days, the kids don’t even crack the computer and we ..read more

Many people understandably would like to forget the past year. For our family, however, the pandemic provided an opportunity that my husband and I never want to forget. Read more: Lessons from living on a sailboat for a year I’m glad that coronavirus cases seem to be on a downward trend, that businesses are opening up, people are getting vaccinated, and friends and family can see each other again. I am saddened by how many lives were lost because of coronavirus, and how many people lost work because of stay-at-home orders. Our family has been incredibly lucky to not experience such losses. Ins ..read more