Normally this is what you would see at the end of the year..... my classroom all clean and ready for the next year. But this March something happened that nobody would ever have guessed could happen... COVID-19 became a world pandemic and we all stayed home!
Just days before March Break, and with great anticipation of our cruise to the Caribbean, we had to make a hard decision to cancel our vacation and stay home. We were also informed a day later that schools would be closed for an additional 2 weeks after the March Break. Our world was turned upside down and everyone was scared, never before had any of us ever lived through a world pandemic.
For most of the month of March, we were home and everything was closed. Streets and cities were ghost towns. Families couldn't visit and people were dying all over the world.
School never did return. I became a virtual classroom teacher, teaching from home.
The kids did their learning from home.
We never left the home and never had visits with any friends or family.
We all did learn to zoom and visit through virtual chats. We learned new things, like recipes with the Ninja Air Fryer. We watched and made Tik Tok videos. We saved money because we didn't go anywhere. But most important we were given invaluable time with our kids. I always regretted being a working mom, wishing I had been able to stay home longer with the kids. I got my wish. I wish it had come a bit earlier in their lives, but non the less I enjoyed the extra time with my boys.
COVID-19 is a game changer.
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