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Recently I spent a weekend with my daughters, my husband and the rest of the third grade families from my older daughter’s school, at family camp. The idea was to disconnect from the world, spend the weekend out in nature and learn about and re-connect with each other. In the “closing circle” moments, the head of school, asked us to reflect on what the weekend meant to our families and share our favorite part about the previous 48 hours. As each family (all 41 of us) shared

I sent a text to my SigO today. It read, “If even 1 case of Ebola breaks out here, we’re keeping the girls home and on lockdown.” He replied, “LOL”. I said, “I’m glad you think it’s funny. I’m NOT kidding!” His reply shut me up, “If you’re that concerned, why don’t you go get your flu shot. The flu kills about 30K people each year while Ebola has taken 1.” Hard to argue with. In theory and reality, he is right. And I do need to get my flu vaccine – on the sooner side, pr