Have you all done anything to start preparing for coronavirus? I feel like we’ve been living a little with our head in the sand by traveling to California for Spring Break.

I’ve been paying attention to the concept of “flattening the curve.” I’m guessing that Austin will cancel school for a while. If that happens, we want to be prepared to hunker down and lay low for a while. Toward that end, I thought of several meals made with relatively non-perishable ingredients:

• Spaghetti (noodles, sauce, frozen vegetables to pulverize into the sauce, and frozen garlic bread)
• Nachos (chips, beans, salsa, cheese—kept in a bag that doesn’t get

I set some intentional goals around our family life this year. I said:

2020 is my year to lean into my life. At home, I want to feel relaxed and present with my family. I want to leave my stress at work. I want to spend more energy focused on the positive. I want to make sure that we are all getting our needs met. I want our family to feel like a participatory democracy. I want to meet my children where they are, to meet their needs, and to rest assured that everything will turn out fine. I want to enact daily habits that will leave us feeling healthy.