Day 119: Zooming with College Friends
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Day 117: Puddle Jumping
More time with my boy…puddle jumping 🙂 We went on a morning walk before I had an interview for an Assistant Director position for the Writing Center — which I got and am so excited about!
Day 115: Fam’s First Garden
Day 108: Hope
At 2 pm PST today, a family friend asked us to pray for her niece, incubated in the ICU due to COVID-19. We were sent a picture and asked to visualize her healthy, alive. She’s in her early thirties. Lives in New Jersey, in an apartment; she is not a healthcare worker. She is one of thousands of people hit by this illness.
It’s a lot.
Every single day, Nick says it’s like fighting for his life working in healthcare.
We are all fighting.
And while we fight, I find wonder in our hope. Hope that soon, we can hug again. Live again. Without fear.
Day 100: The Wonder of Easter…And Spotting the Bunny on a Rock
Bennett is old enough to understand Easter this year. It’s a strange time to celebrate a holiday. But we are still talking about it and getting excited.
We haven’t been to the grocery store in a week or two and ordered grocery store pick up and they were out of ham. Normally, I’d drive around to different stores to get one. It’s a small tradition we adhere to. But I’m not sure about this year. We might be living off pasta.
In lieu of everything going strange in the world, Bennett and I like to get outside. On our walk, he stopped and pointed to a rock, and said, “Look, it’s the Easter bunny!” I turned my head, and there it was! I felt some magic and wonder on the 100th day of the year, the Easter spirit.
Day 97: Dreaming of Hugs
This photo was taken during my first trip to Trader Joe’s with B. It showed up on my Facebook memories. I looked at the two women in the background and it killed me. Hugging in public. This was 3 years ago. Tonight I’m holding out for hugs again.
Day 81: The Scent of Wild Green Onion
I went on a walk yesterday, mid-quarantine. We are not sick, but are staying away from businesses (all that is open) and groups of people as much as possibly. On the walk I found a bunch of wild green onion. I pulled some on my way home to wash and then place in a vase. I had some last spring, and they sprout beautiful onion-fumed purple flowers. The smell was oddly wonderful. Scratchy and bitter and pungent.
Day 73: Spring Break
The barista on campus knows my order and we will mutually miss each other. I hope she still gets paid as universities move to online teaching.
And if you want to know my order: small iced Americano but in a grande cup with extra ice. She adds a splash of soy milk and caramel drizzle too. The best.
Day 68: My mom and sisters and girls in STEM
My mom and two sisters are women in STEM! I love that about them. Today, my mom gave a talk to young girls in STEM!
On International Women’s Day — I’m lifting all women who do it all and bring other women up with them. She’s a doctor and in the Army and says, “You don’t need your whole life planned. You just need the next step.” Happy ladies day to all the women I love, adore, look up to, and cherish! #girlpower #womeninstem #giveheratedtalk @ted
Day 60: The feeling of lying in the grass
Today we went to The Gathering Place, a ginormous and extravagant park in Tulsa, OK. It was the first 70 degree day this year — and I think everyone in a 100-mile vicinity had the same idea. It was packed!
To escape the crowds, we found a quiet area with lots of grass. We all sprawled out, relaxing under the mid-southern sun. It was wonderful. Happy leap year day! February 29th!
Wonder Year: A journey to find enchantment every day 