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A child's prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for the Switch

Thank you for my mom

Thank you for my dad

Thank you for me

Thank you for my life

Thank you for the Switch

In the name of Jesus Christ, amen

What my weather app says (PNW edition): a chance of rain in the morning, rain likely late morning, a chance of rain in the afternoon

What my app should say: pull on your rainboots and put on your rainjacket and keep them on until May. Okay, maybe June. Ehhh, July.

Today's math lesson: a small percentage of a very big number is still a big number

Let's just call things what they are:

noise-cancelling headphones are really just parent-cancelling headphones

Our school district has covid-19 flow charts for symptomatic cases, close contacts and household exposure. I'm sure someone worked really hard on them, BUT I'm thinking that it would have been far more entertaining if they had made a "choose your own (covid) adventure" website instead.

For such a young child, Isaac has a strongly developed sense of "cringe"

“That was when I realized, as terrifying and painful as reality can be, it’s also the only place where you can find true happiness. Because reality is real.”

-Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

For Alison who brought happiness to the reality of many people (and introduced me to many good books and blessed the lives of my family)