Teacher / Mother / Writer - A Portfolio

Just as soon as I finished writing about how I’m surviving normal, everyday life with an infant and a preschooler, the coronavirus crisis took hold of the entire country. Schools are closed, daycares are shut down, churches and other gathering places have been told not to assemble and many parents are either working from home or not working at all. I stay at home with my children but we are feeling the virus’ effects as well. My 3 year old daughter goes to preschool two days a week and attends the children’s program at our church on Sundays. Those options are no longer available for the foreseeable future. After recently thinking through how I would generally survive on a normal day to day basis, I wanted to think through how to survive this time where playdates aren’t an option and other public outlets are unavailable.  And I wanted to share this with those of you who are stay at home parents in a similar situation as me or working parents of small ones who will now b...

After 4 days in the hospital, I walked through my front door as my husband carried our newborn son in his car seat. We greeted our 3 year old daughter (who had just spent 4 days wearing out my wonderful parents) and began our new lives as a family of four.  After a week and a couple of days with my husband home and help and support from family, it was time for me to go it alone. Yup. Take care of both kids by myself.  Taking care of a three year old is a full time job by itself. Adding an infant seemed almost overwhelming. How was I going to deal with the demands of a preschooler and the needs of an infant? My infant son is two months now and I’m surviving one day at a time. Here’s how: I’ve had to learn to ask for help. THIS is super hard for me. I’ve always had trouble asking for help. And when it comes to my children, I tend to feel like it’s my responsibility to figure out how to care for them. But caring for two young children is exhausting and at tim...