Lisa Endlich's Blog, page 207

When the CDC Announced That Social Distancing Was the Rule, I Didn’t Get It

I think I can speak for most people when I say that the last couple of weeks havent felt completely real. I feel like Im in the wrong timeline from some Doctor Who-esque sci-fi show. A few days ago, some friends of mine made a group chat and we asked one another how wed been

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I Didn’t Cry Until I Did and Then I Wept From the Bottom of My Soul

I didnt cry when reports of sickness across the world began filtering in. We will help them out of their crisis, I thought. We live in a rich and most powerful nation; it wont come here.  I didnt cry when I heard that the numbers in Europe were climbing because surely, we would figure out

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A Few Hopeful Words About Failure for the Class of 2020

My dad is a doctor by training but if you ask me, I would say that for most of his life, he was really a teacher. At least that is what he has been to me, my sister and brother for the last five decades. Over the years, he has never asked me to do

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Living in the Space Between the Ordinary and the Un-Ordinary

We are in the middle of a global outbreak. We know this, of course. But there are moments we find ourselves struck by the ordinary-ness, the life that still goes on despite a virus affecting the world. On a walk around the neighborhood, we admire the hummingbirds and the bees. A butterfly flits by. Ants

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Don’t Lose Heart: What I Want to Tell My Daughters and the Class of 2020

Class of 2020, Dont lose heart. As the mom of two senior girls, I get what youre going through. Your hearts are broken. Youve lost the last months of your senior year the fun part of the year when you could finally relax and bask in the glow of being celebrated for your years

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Paying for College: Six Crucial Things to Think About Right Now

For the parent of a high school senior, the joy of your teens journey to college has been turned inside out. So many families are now grappling with enormous uncertainty. If the outbreak is still with us in August, should I keep my child close to home?  Will college campuses re-open in the fall, or

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My Family Depends on Me Emotionally:10 Ways I Can Stay Strong for Them

I have always accepted my role as the emotional head of household. I am the steward of the secrets, the shoulder to lean on and the back upon which the weight of my family rested. With three children, it was unlikely that more than one would need true counsel at any given time. The needs

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This College Student Says Don’t Lump All of Us Together

I was unwinding from the first half of an intense semester by spending time with my friends at Panama City Beach. Word began to spread about a pandemic moving toward the United States, but nobody seemed too concerned. I was washing my hands thoroughly and popping vitamin C gummies, and that was the extent of

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Social Distancing? I’m So Thankful I Have My Home Where I’m Safe

Spring break 2020 has got to be one of the most memorable spring breaks of my life. No, I did not go to any parties or clubs. No, I did not go to the beach or hang out with friends. I stayed home, played video games, worked on writing some stories, and binged The Proud

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I Was So Excited for Spring Break Until It Got Cut Short

Before Spring Break started I was so excited to go to the beach because I had been super pale for what felt like months. Soon, it was the Friday before Spring Break, and my 2:30 PM class was about to end. I couldnt help but think about how I was going to spend the next

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