Sunday, April 5, 2020

You're Okay

English teacher, trapped in the house for a month? You'd think I'd have read about 20 books right now, right?

Nope. Just the two I've read to my kids, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. What a complete fraud!

Except maybe that's okay.

It's okay if you're not reading great literature when it's supposed to be your job to promote such things.
It's okay if you're ignoring a couple commitments you had in your previous life to focus on your students and your family.
It's okay to take the whole weekend off from doing anything related to teaching.
It's okay that the garage hasn't been cleaned out yet.
It's okay that I missed a few days on this blog that I wanted to update daily.
It's okay that the bathrooms didn't get cleaned again today because one of the kids was having a day.

Breathe. Make sure that your wife and kids are breathing. Everyone's still alive? Then you've done well.

You can try again tomorrow. And that's okay. 

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