Parents around the globe are being forced into a paradigm shift regarding their children’s education because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Numbers are increasing daily, but current estimates are that over 1.2 billion children are now learning from home, with more than 120 countries closing their schools nationwide for anywhere from a currently projected few weeks

  I know I am not alone in wishing a winter a satisfying goodbye. It’s not that winter here in the Midwest has been very violent this year…it’s just been maudlin and unpredictable. And wet. Very wet. I am more than anxious for the first bloom of spring. The sunny breezy days and the increase