I Already Lost a Daughter—I Couldn’t Lose My Husband, Too
As I strained through the phone to hear my husband’s words—shallow, barely audible, delivered in the staccato cadence in which I used to play my…
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COVID-19
I Feel My Purpose in Coming Here Was To Save Her Life
Today was a beautiful day. My intubated patient who has been squeezing my hand for the last several days finally was strong enough to get extubated.…
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“I Remember Your Eyes.” This Touching Story About a COVID Patient and His Kind Doctor Moved Us To Tears
This heartfelt story about a patient with COVID-19 and his compassionate doctor is touching hearts around the world. Here is the account written by…
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Dear Neighbor, We’re in This Together
Dear neighbor, I love you. We are in this lifeboat together, you and I. We suffer together. If there were only three packages of toilet paper left on…
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When You’ve Come to the End of Yourself—Pray
Prayer isn’t always pretty and that’s what makes it so beautiful. It’s beautiful knowing you can bring everything and all that it entails to…
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Dear Teachers, We See You Stepping Up and We Are So Grateful
“When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.” My furloughed kindergartener sat on a kitchen stool, legs tucked…
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As a Mom of Teens, I’m Making the Most of Being Forced to Slow Down
I don’t get to see my teenagers much during normal life. If my daughters need to be at school early, and if I’m lucky enough that they…
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Praise! Hallmark Channel Gifts Us a Quarantine Christmas Movie Marathon
It’s been a week-ish of self-quarantine in our country thanks to COVID-19, and toilet paper hoarding aside, this situation is starting to bring…
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It’s Tough to Watch My Grown Kids Face This Fear
I’ve got three kids in their 20s, and they are anxious about this pandemic and its long-reaching effects. I mean, who isn’t? Is there a…
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It’s Our Job as Parents to Carry the Weight of the World So Our Kids Don’t Have To
I was eight years old, sitting in elementary school computer class with a friend (no doubt playing KidPix, Oregon Trail, or some equally riveting,…
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