Parenting during the worst of times is a terrific way to figure out how to parent in normal times Day 1 of lockdown with two toddlers: It’s fine, we just have to take it a day at a time.
Day 14 of lockdown with two toddlers: We just need to take it 4 minutes at a time. Time shifts shape when you have children.
When my first daughter was born and the three of us were alone in New York City with no nannies or nurses or family living with us, I started reading more poetry than ever before, more short stories, fewer novels.
I was reading in stolen moments, rarely more than a few minutes at a time. Particularly because I was working on a novel of my own.