All About COVID-19
Pandemic Motherhood Diary, Entry 5: Come and Make Memories – at the Zoo?
This is the fifth entry in our series on the experience of raising two “pandemic kids.” Read entry 4 here. We received a brochure in the mail this past week regarding the zoo. “Come and make memories, it says.” I found it interesting, considering we have been conversing about just how much we would love to…
The CDC’s New Guidelines on COVID Risk and Masking Send Confounding Signals
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month unveiled updated covid-19 guidelines that relaxed masking recommendations
Pandemic Motherhood Diary, Entry 4: Trading in nap time for work
This is the fourth entry in our series on the experience of raising two “pandemic kids.” Read Entry 3 here. It is after 1 p.m. and I am typing peacefully to the soundtrack of my boys snoring. I have officially traded in my nap time with my kids for quiet time to work remotely. I…
COVID Isolation and Mental Fragility
Though the CDC’s isolation recommendations had just shifted from 10 days to five, I stayed seven days to be on the safe side. My room was 9 feet wide and 10 feet long. I know some families with larger closets than this…
Pandemic Motherhood Diary, Entry 3: The Family Bubble Was Bound to Burst
This is the third entry in our series on the experience of raising two “pandemic kids.” Read entry 2 here. My toddler has a habit of looking out the window whenever dad comes and goes. He spots daddy pulling into the driveway and prepares for his entrance. In walks my husband, who is greeted by a jumping…
My Brush with COVID-19, Part II
After nearly two years of living with COVID-19, I think it is pretty safe to say that most of us have been touched by the COVID-19 virus, either directly or indirectly. Recently, two people that I am very close to have caught COVID. In early January, one of my relations was hospitalized and caught the…
Pharmacies Turning Away Immunocompromised Patients Seeking 4th Covid Shot
Patients with weakened immune systems — who are at high risk from COVID-19 — say pharmacies are turning them away when they seek additional vaccine doses recommended by federal health officials.
Why Getting Vaccinated at Church Might Be the Future
With one of the most diverse populations in the country, the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Harris County, Texas, was never going to be a one-size-fits-all approach. In the county of 4.7 million, which is the most populous in Texas and home to the city of Houston, 43 percent of the population identifies as Hispanic or…
The COVID Hangover
I am not a big fan of clichés, but lately I can’t help but think of the butterfly who flapped her paper wings in China and caused a hurricane in the Caribbean. Or a tornado in Oklahoma, whichever natural disaster you prefer to metaphorically digest. The movement of a creature so delicate resulting in a…
Pandemic Motherhood Diary, Entry 2: A second pandemic birthday
The pandemic has played a huge role in the mundane nature of our new routine. I have been home with my newborn for a few weeks and honestly, the adjustment has been a little difficult.
