Another long day in 2020

I don't know why I can't get out of this funk today. I feel so sad. I just want the world to be normal again.I miss sending my daughter to school on the bus in the mornings, and the big hugs when she got home. I miss the bus smell that lingered in her hair, like leather and sweat.I miss taking my kids to the zoo. I miss the way my daughter's face would light up as the carousel spun, I miss riding the camels with her. I miss holding her while she fed the giraffes. I miss the hot days, and the cold, light brightened nights. I miss hot cocoa and smores and Christmas.I miss playgrounds, and slides, and laughing children that my kids could play with.But I can't complain. "This is the new normal." I'm told. But what kind of life am I giving to my kids? What kind of childhood is this isolation?I don't know what to do. I'm just sad. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2Pic3ZI