A full circle 'round the sun And we're still doing this thing Trying to fit square pegs into round holes Trying to maintain a sense of normal When normal died an agonizing, public death last year Keeping small children indoors, on screens, for a year Taxes sanity for every family member The kids are stir crazy and so am I I’ve been able to see them all day, everyday for a year See their growth physically and emotionally Guide them more than I would have been able to before I have also watched us all struggle to focus on school With two-dimensional teachers trying to illustrate a 3-D world On screens where glitches are common and staying attentive is taxing Where friends aren’t friends, and discipline a suggestion How will the kids remember these times Will they see it as a blessing or a loss How will they tell their own tales of this lost year Will they consider the year a loss at all Or the time they got to spend everyday with each other And their parents Only time will tell Soon we will emerge again into a new and changed world We will learn to navigate We will learn a new version of normal Though I am exhausted beyond reason I am grateful for this year with my children I know I haven’t always been my best nor have they But we’re all, relatively, unscathed in the grand scheme As the weeks of school dwindle down, The weather warms and the days lengthen We work for the finish line where we will celebrate that we all survived This extraordinary year as a family and weigh our success by our efforts And not our results -gws
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