I guess you can say I grew up in church. Pretty much every Sunday and most Wednesdays we always went to church. Like so many kids I eye rolled many times with a bad attitude about going. The first church that I can remember always made sure they let us know we were less than …
Author Archives: S. Barrios
Broken but Beautiful
Since I was a kid I have always loved studying art and the history behind it. One day I stumbled upon this form of art called Kintsugi. It is a form of art in Japan where when a piece of pottery becomes broken it is put back together with gold, silver or platinum. I have …
2 Stories of COVID 19>long haulers in it together.
COVID STORY, LONG HAULER STORIES, COVID SURVIVORS
Day 50: My husband’s fight with COVID19
our covid19 fight and advice from a frontline essential family
Battle for a life, Covid19 day 30.
As some of you may know today is day 30 of my husbands fight with Covid19. He is in the ICU in a nearby town. Yesterday we got to speak with him (he couldnt speak) for the 1st time since July 8th. It was wonderful yet very hard to see him like that. He was …
Knowing where you come from.
It’s been a few years now since my daughter and husband had bought me an Ancestry DNA test. I was so excited that year when I received it because I have always heard stories of what our genetic make up was. (Always was told we were German, Irish and Native American) So, when the results …
Homeschool during a national emergency…
Our public school system all around our country has been in shock lately. They have been forced to shut down due to this virus. Parents and teachers are having to endure a new reality, homeschooling or for those who would correct me schooling at home. When South Carolina shut down their public school system many …
Our new reality..
Today I woke up and saw on the news that Italy’s death rate from the Covid-19 virus had killed so many that some graveyards were beyond capacity. They had a video of military trucks loaded down with the dead headed to a crematorium escorted by police while onlookers watched from their homes. I found it …
Be an Esther instead of a Miley..
It is not hard to find on TV these days pressure for both girls and boys to be a particular type of person. Today we see all kinds of examples of what is “normal” and our kids have so many influences that they see each day. Examples include Miley Cyrus, Kardashians, Jay Z and Beyoncé, …
A letter to the struggling mom…
It’s been awhile since I have done a blog post. Honestly, I am not sure what the title should be for this one. Its been a hard few months for me. Foremost being to continue to home school or to return to work. As a parent of a medically compromised kid I know in all …
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