The Corona Virus has shut down the entire world. Governments everywhere, including the United States, have locked every citizen down and though this feels like an apocalyptic time it is where we are in life right now.
The schools dismissed everyone last Friday and brought the teachers in Monday and Tuesday and beginning Wednesday the Blondies started homeschooling. As a professional educator, this scenario is Michelle's greatest fear come to life. She is now running herd on all three of her boys... at home...all day...every day. Not just running herd but being their teacher. She's already gone to the principle with her two weeks' notice. And tried to expel two of them. This was on a short week.
Luckily I've been sent home from work and Michelle has been given the option to not go into work. The airlines have tanked and so I've been given the option of requesting three months voluntary time off. I'm taking another permanent position with the Guard so this is nice as it extends my travel benefits for a while before I have to quit. We are far more blessed than most in this terrible situation. We are loving being together as a family. It really is fun to watch them work and to engage one another on this level.
And yet kids need time away from their parents. Time with fellow kids. Time with friends and time with not friends. The scrutiny that I seem to put them under is too much. I want them to do amazing things and to be amazing people and I forget that it takes time and experience to get to that point. I don't know how Heavenly Father can stand watching all of us be so terrible all these years without stepping in.
2 years ago
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