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    How We Adapted to Challenges of COVID-19

    May 26, 2020 - By 

    When the world changes, you have to change with it. So when COVID-19 hit and quarantine kicked in, we had to make some changes to our daily life and we had to adapt quickly. No more school, working from home, social distancing and mask wearing were just a few of the things that suddenly became part of daily life. How we adapted to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic: Homeschooling  My son was just getting into the swing of things in preschool and kindergarten prep, so when school shut down, we knew we needed to keep up on things. Every…

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    I Had the Best Mother’s Day Ever

    May 13, 2020 - By 

    This year, due to COVID-19 quarantine, we made no big plans for Mother’s Day. We didn’t go anywhere for brunch, I didn’t get all dressed up for a fancy dinner, I pretty much didn’t even need to get out of my pajamas and I LOVED IT. Let the Mother’s Day Festivities Begin! First I got to sleep in a bit, which is always a lovely gift. Then I went downstairs to find two vases of flowers (which I prefer to roses), a nice card, two new pairs of flip flops and the mixings for pear mimosas. My husband couldn’t decide…

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    Quarantine, COVID-19 and the Introvert

    May 2, 2020 - By 

    As COVID-19 swept through the world and quarantine (or Safer at Home) orders were announced, every introvert was suddenly given permission to just be their natural selves. Stay at home and avoid interacting with people? No problem! That’s what I really wanted to do anyway! In one way, it was a great relief to take a break from socializing, but in another, I worry that it is slowly chipping away at a lifetime of trying to overcome my anxieties. Learning to “Get Out There” As an introvert, I have had to push myself my entire life to “get out there”…

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    Dealing with Anxiety, a Pandemic and Quarantine

    March 23, 2020 - By 

    A pandemic is enough to stress out anyone. Throw in a possible quarantine and a lot of unknowns, and it’s easy to fall into the anxiety spiral. Here in Jacksonville we aren’t on total lockdown yet, but you can feel it coming. Every morning I check the news and see it creeping closer and closer to us. And now that they’ve taken the beaches away here, it’s leaving me wishing they’d just do it and get it over with. Flatten the curve already. I feel all out of sorts over this. It’s a really weird mix of:  “I must not…