School just closed indefinitely. My kids, aged ten and six, are wearily excited. I can see a bit of anxiety mixed with joy in their faces. I try not to show my emotions, my insecurities, my fears. It will be fine. I feel calm in the fact that we are all together.
Now what? I am working full time running my own business out of town, I am a single parent now receiving e-mails about home schooling my kids in a language I’m not proficient in. I am to isolate my family to protect others. I am it for my kids. All the support is gone.
Luckily for me, I slowly prepared for this for weeks by stocking up on food and essentials, to get us by the early days at least. Still, the first days are dreamlike. I forget what day it is. It is difficult to maintain routine, sense of time.
Single parenting during COVID-19 pandemic 