‘I had to choose being a mother’: With no child care or summer camps, women are being edged out of the workforce. When parents can’t do it all, women’s paid labor is often the first to go (The Lily) Even if they weren’t actually forced to leave their jobs, many working moms said the “choice” to stop working didn’t really feel like a choice at all. “How many layers of responsibility — how much weight — can you take on before you crumble?”
This fun hack kept David amused for a solid 5 minutes (Bored Panda)
Nightmares. Tantrums. Regressions. Grief. Violent outbursts. Exaggerated fear of strangers. Even suicidal thoughts. In response to a call on social media, parents across the country shared with NPR that the mental health of their young children appears to be suffering as the weeks of lockdown drag on.
And, It’s Not Children’s Education We Should Worry About, It’s Their Mental Health (Forbes via Erin)
(image via Amanda: On Saturday, May 23, Fogo Island and Change Islands residents are invited to celebrate our annual Quilt Day! It’s time to air out all those gorgeous quilts after a long winter of cozying up in them and “decorate” our islands with a cacophony of colours and patterns. #fogoislandquiltday)
For the last six years, this has been an exciting weekend for me—a time of big dreams and big goals as I look ahead towards a summer of awesomeness. But here we are, on the eve of the May long weekend and I am launching year seven of my 100 Day of Summer Bucket List with no clue what summer will bring.
These are crazy times, friends. I thought about cancelling my list—because almost everything else has been cancelled, but summer is not cancelled, and we need to do what we can to stay positive and embrace the power of fresh summer air. So here I go, a very modified bucket list. I am anticipating some restrictions will be lifted but have decided not to worry about doing my usual carry-overs. Another year, another year without Shakespeare in the Park.
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There’s a good chance that by the power of Dr. Strang, some of these can’t happen, but as the proverb says, “It’s better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would’ve happened if I had tried.” —Alfred Lord Tennyson.
As always, the rules are simple, summer starts this weekend (the long weekend of May) and ends on the last day of September. I hope with all my heart, to take on these adventures with family and friends.
