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I have many friends and family that tested positive for covid in the US the past couple of weeks. They stayed cautious the entire pandemic, but are getting covid now probably due to the extreme transmissibility of the Omicron variant. One friend thinks she got it at the dentist. Another thinks he got it at […]

The Pfizer vaccine for kids was approved last Wednesday, and the soonest appointments available around us were for Sunday. We opted to go today (Monday) instead when the drugstore would be less busy with kids at school and people at work. Olive just turned 10 last month, and Charlie is turning 12 in December. When we […]

Coming from the Philippines to the US is usually harder than the other way around for us. They say it takes one day per time zone crossed to get over jet lag, and we crossed 8 time zones (15 hours). I was the only one in my family that stayed on the local sleeping schedule […]

Yesterday, Pfizer and BioTech asked the FDA for emergency use approval of their Covid vaccine for kids 5-11. A tentative meeting has been scheduled for October 26th, with a ruling that could come as soon as Halloween. A 1/3 adult dosage has been proposed for kids 5-11, with 28 million children in the eligible age […]

I am a parent of five, a teacher, a scout leader, and a Sunday school teacher. My world revolves around children, my own and hundreds of others that are a part of my life. For weeks there were rumblings of this virus and the possibility of shut downs. Could it possibly be? I live in […]

Unfortunately we’re having a record breaking number of covid cases in the Philippines almost every day due to the Delta variant — we’re number 20 in the world in terms of total cases. The country capital area is currently under lockdown, and most flights to our island are canceled except for returning locals. But because […]

Well… life is… unexpected. As I’m sure all of us are feeling right now. What keeps occurring to me is that I can’t imagine going through this quarantine last year instead of this year, when the daycare I got the kiddos into was a life-saver to me and my mental health. My childcare options kept […]