Just a Mom of Big Kids

5H- Our favorite place to be Online school...cute. But quiet.            I woke up today, trying to psych myself up for another day of online teaching.  It shouldn't be too  bad, I tell myself; I spent hours and hours this week creating material so that it would all be posted early Friday and I could just "monitor" the work as it comes in. See, it's not so bad, I lie to myself. Throw on your upmteenth pair of black leggings and fuzzy socks - and a Christmas shirt (because theme days....) and pour myself some coffee. It's gonna be a great day in 5H. But you see, it isn't. Because TRY AS HARD AS WE ARE, we can't make this seem like regular school.  While I see them every morning on our live "meet" for devotions and prayer, I can't hug them, high five them, have a side conversation about their new haircut, notice their new shoes, laugh about their locker contents sprawling across the hallway. I miss the classroom buzz of...

These are crazy times. We are hunkering down, keeping ourselves away from crowds, reacquainting ourselves with the idea of "downtime", spending lots of time looking at each other with slightly befuddled expressions. And then there's this one. Rachel, my most grown of my grown kids, is using this time to live the gifts that God has given her in a very "Rachel" way. She has moved into the assisted living home, where she works as an assistant activities director, to lend a hand in that capacity but also as a nurse tech.  For the sake of the residents, who can't leave but can't have guests, they invited some of their workers to move in.  Rachel, you were made for a time like this. While I am home worrying about everything that is being posted on facebook, and countering it with Bible studies that keep my focus on Christ, SHE is busy doing one-on-one activities with her sweet elderly, making sure they are having their needs met. I cannot hel...