today, we had some big feelings about the changes in our lives.

I confess that at first, I thought the right thing to do was to kindly remind friends to go to bed, and when that reminder was not heeded, get angry. But then I realized that I wasn’t the only one feeling some type of way about telling some students and all staff about taking time off to be with my father. My kids, specifically the youngest, was feeling deeply, too.

I told him that we are going to be okay, that God will take care of us, that we should share our big feelings with each other instead of taking them out on one another. I lay down next to him and said that God will not abandon us. He will take care of us. Don’t worry. God is good. And it was like I was telling myself that, too. We all need that reminder sometimes, especially during hard times.