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By Cheryl Bac
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About this blog: I'm a wife, stay-at-home mom, home cook, marathon runner, and PhD. I recently moved to the Silicon Valley after completing my PhD in Social Psychology and becoming a mother one month apart. Before that, I ran seven marathons incl...
(More)About this blog: I'm a wife, stay-at-home mom, home cook, marathon runner, and PhD. I recently moved to the Silicon Valley after completing my PhD in Social Psychology and becoming a mother one month apart. Before that, I ran seven marathons including Chicago and Boston. Exercise is an integral part of my life. I hope to one day go back to long distance running and tackle the New York City Marathon. Right now I run after my one year old son. Although I am a stay-at-home mom, we are rarely "at home." My mom also stayed at home with my brother and me. She warned me that, although rewarding, it can be isolating. So, with her help, I learned the importance of getting out into the community and meeting other mothers. On the rare occasion when I am at home and have a hand or two free, I squeeze in time to scrapbook. As a new mom, many challenges are thrown my way. I hope my opinions, triumphs, and struggles help experienced parents reminisce, new parents cope, and parents-to-be get an honest glimpse of what the first years of motherhood can entail.
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Grocery shopping over the weekend
Uploaded: Mar 1, 2020
On Friday afternoon I chatted with our older kids about the Coronavirus. Our oldest had already heard about the virus from school, so I’m glad we discussed it as a family. Using
this article as a guide, we talked briefly about the new virus and about the importance of washing hands. We also talked about how there are
a lot of helpers figuring out the best way to keep everyone as safe as possible. And in order to stay healthy, we may need to change our routines.
It’s easy to forget that kids are soaking everything in from their environments. Commercials telling them what will be on the news that night, phone conversations I’m having with relatives, and discussions on the radio.
This weekend my youngest and I went to the grocery store. I’m glad our older kids didn’t join. Seeing the
shelves emptier than usual was unsettling enough for me. I didn’t want our kids to be similarly caught off guard. Thankfully our youngest was happy that the grocery store still had all of her favorite foods in stock, so seeing fewer cases of bottled water and cleaning products didn’t phase her.
I was grateful to the Girl Scouts for brightening up the mood right outside the store. Their smiles were exactly what I needed and I couldn’t help but buy a couple of boxes from them.
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