pandemic – sharing the stairs

What If…the New Year Brings Promise

24 Dec 202026 Dec 2020

2020 has been a lot. 😵The crazy thing about 2020 is that it started off like any other year. Full of anticipation- complete with 🌟hopes and 🌟dreams. We had plans.…

What If…We Listen to the Kids

30 Oct 202031 Oct 2020

I have been hearing folks talk about COVID-fatigue. 😐Even though I feel like I've adapted to this new abnormal, I get it. I'm 😴exhausted from just trying to keep up…

What If…Contradictions Hold the Keys

22 Jul 202026 Jul 2020

I love wordplay. There might be 🍌Bananagrams pieces on our kitchen table any given day. I like to rearrange the letters to spell words- looking for interesting ways to combine…

What If…We Start to Reopen Ourselves?

15 May 202017 May 2020

Is anybody else getting weary? 😟Are there others who crave conversations that don't involve the C-word? Anyone else tired of being surprised by another person sharing conspiracy theories? How about…

What If…We Keep Learning?

8 May 202010 May 2020

It has been NINE weeks😳 since I first started to understand that life was about to shift. The news of this faraway virus wasn't so abstract anymore. We started to…

What If…Love Never Fails

2 May 20203 May 2020

A friend recently asked for my favorite Bible verse. She was putting together a 🎁gift for her daughter's confirmation. A Pinterest project at its finest. The idea was to highlight…

My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 5

This is the fifth diary entry written by my teenage daughter. For a virtual history class assignment, students are asked to write about the experience of living through a pandemic.…

What If…We Spend This Time Thinking

17 Apr 202025 Apr 2020

What if we keep doing our 🌟best? I posed that question last Sunday. What does that mean to you? What is our 🌟best? Your 🌟best? My 🌟best? I felt that…

What If…We Just Keep Doing Our Best

17 Apr 202019 Apr 2020

I don't really have some big picture post this week with connections to life and 💪health and 😍happiness. Honestly, I'm doing the same thing you're doing- just getting through this…

My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 4

14 Apr 202021 Apr 2020

This is the fourth diary entry written by my teenage daughter. For a virtual history class assignment, students are asked to write about the experience of living through a pandemic.…

My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 3

This is the third diary entry written by my teenage daughter. For a virtual history class assignment, students are asked to write about the experience of living through a pandemic.…

My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 2

10 Apr 202013 Apr 2020

This is the second diary entry written by my teenage daughter. For a virtual history class assignment, students are asked to write about the experience of living through a pandemic.…

My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 1

Our daughter is a sophomore in high school. She loves school and all of the things that school has to offer. Friendships. Athletics. Learning- she's never made a B and…

What If…We Focused on the Same Goal

9 Apr 202012 Apr 2020

It was March 13, 2020, when I wrote about my grandmother's experience with the 😷Spanish Flu way back in 1918. I was 📝working on another piece for my weekly Sunday…

What If…We Don’t Try to Steer

2 Apr 20205 Apr 2020

You might think I'm one of those people who rolls with the punches. There are times that is true, for sure. Not always, though. The big 😀smile hides my tendency…

What If…We Respect the Science

13 Mar 20206 Jun 2020

My grandmother's sister went to a birthday 🎂 party way back in the year 1918. This was the same year as the 😷Spanish Flu pandemic, which killed an estimated 20-50…