Grounded for the Holidays but Thankful for Lessons Learned

I have some unplanned time to think this week. I certainly knew I would have the week of Thanksgiving off, what teacher hasn’t been counting the days? I was under some delusion that I would be busy though as me, my husband, and our youngest son were flying to Arizona to visit our oldest son. We have not been with him in person since December as 2020 gifted us with a pandemic. We were…