Here we are. Late spring, 2020, and the year isn’t going at all the way anyone planned. If you’re not in a state with strict stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines, you’re in a state wondering if and when the orders and guidelines will arrive – if ever. If you’re approaching week five or six of stay-at-home orders, then you’re like millions of other people across the country. You’re trying

Life under shelter-in-place orders is something new for us all. It’s not a staycation, it’s not a break from real life, and it’s not a holiday. But what is it? It’s our new normal, for now. During this new normal, families across the country spend far more time at home with one another than they have in years. Parents fortunate enough to have jobs that enable them to work from

It’s COVID-19 lockdown time. Okay, maybe not complete lockdown. But you’re at home like millions of other people around the country. You and your spouse work from home, your kids go to school online, and you spend your days doing your best to keep everyone healthy and happy. Let’s say you have a big family with a mix of school age kids and teenagers. Your younger ones are totally on

Clothes haphazardly scattered around the room. One sneaker under a sweaty shirt. Another hidden beneath the unmade bed. An almost-empty snack bag full of crumbs perched at the edge of the nightstand, precariously close to spilling. Last night’s wet towel on the bed. And random knickknacks strewn around the room: batteries, charger cables, dirty laundry, Gatorade bottles, papers, textbooks, hangers, sports equipment – you name it. If this accurately describes