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What we will remember after the coronavirus

By Rachel | March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 by Rachel

There are silver linings to this pandemic. Families quarantined together are experiencing a closeness unknown before this time. Friends near and far are receiving text messages, emails, and Facetime/Zoom/Skype/What’sApp missives to stay safe and know they are loved. The world seems smaller. The dogs are getting walked. The pantries are being cleaned. We are capable of anything including: Not making money Not being physically close to people Not freaking out Teaching our own kids Cooking…

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T G I F

By Rachel | March 27, 2020April 1, 2020 by Rachel

Thank God It’s Fabulous Today was another day of undoing. I didn’t sleep all night so when I went back to bed at 5AM this morning, it was no surprise the next time I looked at the clock was 10AM. That meant I was late for everything – getting Tin set up on school work, breakfast, which now felt almost like lunch, and on and on. I managed to make two onion pies – help…

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Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Has More Cases Than Any Other Country

By Rachel | March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 by Rachel

NYT: At least 85,000 people have been infected in the United States. As states pleaded for supplies, the White House canceled a plan to produce thousands of ventilators. NYT: New Orleans Faces a Virus Nightmare, and Mardi Gras May Be Why. Louisiana may be experiencing the world’s fastest growth in new cases. I can’t remember when it was I realized that no one else takes the form of your parent – dad or mom –…

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Coronavirus and over 60?

By Rachel | March 26, 2020March 27, 2020 by Rachel

If Tin has heard it once, he’s heard it a million times, the most vulnerable people who get the coronavirus are over 60. Today, before starting a fresh new day, we went over why we hit so many snags yesterday. My friend, Susie, said I should have Tin draw, write or sing about what makes him scared, angry and sad. And then ask him what I can do for him. Scared: Losing you cause you’re…

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Social Distancing is Encoded

By Rachel | March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by Rachel

It’s already started, I noticed when I was watching This is Us, I kept cringing as the characters were touching each other or as they touched doorknobs and counter tops that were not theirs. Social distancing is already hard wired in my brain: Touching other humans = bad Touching objects that are not yours = bad Picking up litter – bad

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In your Face book

By Rachel | March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by Rachel

Unlike social media, here is a place I can speak the truth. Yesterday had many low points. I woke with a great plan to take advantage of the Crosby Arboretum which has opened to the public. You can go be in nature and not be around anyone and I thought we needed to shake up our routine. However, after Tin’s morning meeting he decided he wanted a huge breakfast – which I made – pancakes,…

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Nurses are my heroes!

By Rachel | March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by Rachel

Know what else runs in my family – nurture and love. My mother was a nurse because she was a very caring human being. My grandmother (her mother) in her later years used to go to the hospital to rock babies. My cousins – male – have become nurses. I come from a long line of caregivers, which is why I am at my core – loved. To all the nurses on the frontlines during…

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Anxiety and the Coronavirus

By Rachel | March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by Rachel

I know a lot about coping with anxiety because I’ve had it all my life. I didn’t realize until I started addressing it that it is rampant in my family – on both sides. Since Jewish people overindex to anxiety, I thought I had inherited it from my father’s Sephardic side, but turns it out, it’s everywhere in my family tree. What I’ve learned is that anxiety does not just happen. There is not an…

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I don’t deliver

By Rachel | March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 by Rachel

An email came in from Yelp today telling me they could help me set up my business to make deliveries. Here’s what my business offers: Live Music Community gathering Cultural events A place for all life events from birth to death My question for Yelp is how do I deliver these?

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Time is Money

By Rachel | March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 by Rachel

I am now a tutor, teacher’s assistant, short order cook, house cleaner and mindfulness mentor to an 11 year old who is marching through the house with an army blanket draped around his shoulders, a blue handkerchief tied around his neck, carrying a plastic sword. My son already has a PhD in costuming, while I’m seeing so many holes in the academic side of his equation. Kicking and crying about having to listen to a…