This was the worried-but-trying-to-smile face I wore for most of this school year (or maybe the whole pandemic?). I sat with a laptop on my thighs in a playroom while Zoom kindergarten was conducted behind me (Baby Shark “brain breaks” and all). I served snacks and lunches, set Alexa to remind us about flute practice and reading logs, cleared space so my daughter could jump rope indoors for virtual gym, and did more Art Hubs than I care to count. ✨ I also woke up at 6am to write/edit Small Town Monsters, and I worked most weekends. ✨ And now as my kids celebrate their last day, I realize the one skill we all learned this year: resilience. Forget psychologists preaching about the “growth mindset,” and “helicopter parenting,” and a “participation trophies,” and a lack of independence in today’s youth. What these kids went through this year deserves respect and a round of applause. ✨ They went from virtual, to hybrid half days, back to virtual, back to hybrid, then finally fully in-person 6 feet apart —all with no snow days, sleepovers, birthday parties, or school plays, very little sports, extremely few play dates, and 8 hours of mask-wearing. No one can say they lack resilience anymore. I’ll fight you if you try. ✨ So cheers to all the educators, parents, guardians, and students reading this. Back in September, June felt very very far away, but we made it! ✨ QOTD: Are you celebrating the end of the school year? If so, how? . . . . . . . . . . . . . #aspiringwriters #authorsofInstagram #authoring #momlife #writermoms #workingmomlife #writermom #bookaholic #yaauthor #booknerd #authortube #authorlife #publishing #bookaddict #ireadYA #publishedauthor #deskselfie #amwriting #authorselfie #amwriting #YAlit #writing #instawriters #writinglife #instawriting #writersofinstagram #writersofig #bookstagram #IreadYA , #bookstagrammer https://www.instagram.com/p/CQPEQdhLCc3/?utm_medium=tumblr
