Hot Mess Mommy Express

How often do we find ourselves saying "I just wish I could stay home" as we navigate the craziness of our everyday lives. Work, school, parenting, sports, practices, meetings....before we know it another week has flown by and we shout TGIF. If you're like me, you like to stay home as much as you can on the weekends, because you feel like everyone else gets the other five days of the week. Fast forward....enter coronavirus. All of a sudden, we are tossed into staying home full-time. Our nation is in crisis mode. Coronavirus looms in the outside world. We are told to stay home (the wish many of us have expressed). Not only are we parents, but now we're full-time employees, filling the teacher role AND parenting all at the same time. I don't know about you, but it's extremely overwhelming for me. I've tried to remain as positive as possible while putting my full faith in God and the essential workers out there combating COVID-19. Lately I find my social

Yesterday I happened to be in Missouri as the Illinois Governor released a statement indicating that all restaurants and bars were closing. I couldn't help but wonder if stores would soon follow, so I thought that it would be beneficial to go get some grocery essentials, while in a different state. I'm normally pretty good at keeping my house stocked up in general, but being that our routine grocery week is this week, I thought I'd try and pre-plan. So I took a deep breath and pulled into Walmart with my nine year old in tow. I will admit that while I react rather lightly to situations of this nature, I couldn't help but feel a bit of apprehension as I assessed the state of the store shelves, the packed aisles and the long lines. I held my son's hand and couldn't wait to get home to our safe space. However I will say this. This was the first time that I've immersed myself among the people shopping at this time and despite what the media and social media