Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

Amy is now a rising 8th grader and already seems taller and more grown-up, but I tend to think that every morning when I first see her. To finish out her 7th grade year, students were required to do a volunteer activity. Hmm. Think about that phrasing. Anyway, the activity could be of their choosing… Read more »

This was Sarah’s first full week of summer and she helped me with short errands in the time we had each day before I took a zoom class for three hours. Then she watched her favorite shows, played outside with bubbles, and took naps. The zoom class was about health and healing and was taught… Read more »

Although this cannot possibly be true, apparently Carl and I graduated from college 25 years ago. We just wrapped up a wonderful reunion weekend, traipsing all around Swarthmore’s gorgeous and ever-changing campus, belting out “I Will Survive” with our classmates in our favorite party room, staying in one of our old dorms, dancing to “Like… Read more »

Last Sunday we attended a luncheon to celebrate the marriage of one of my cousins to her fiancé. It was a beautiful day, it was wonderful to see lots of family members that we don’t often see or haven’t seen in many years, and there were bubbles galore so Sarah was in heaven. Amy made… Read more »

Last weekend Sarah had many screamy moments. It seemed like she didn’t have her usual capacity to handle being told “no,” whether it was us telling her to stop doing something or that we weren’t going to a bakery. If it had been later in the month I would have assumed her period was about… Read more »

On Friday Sarah was upset when she came home from school, as she usually is on a Friday, because she would have to wait until Monday to see her beloved bus driver. After her initial upset she went off to her room. When she came back downstairs she was carrying a construction paper card that… Read more »

Last Sunday Sarah needed to sleep A LOT to recover from the energy output from tech week and the performances for the musical. She napped after breakfast. She napped after lunch. When it was time to wake up to get ready for her piano recital she kept asking for one more minute. Then she said,… Read more »

We are successfully ALL SHOOK UP! The musical by that name is done! We made it! Sarah did a phenomenal job throughout an intense week of dress rehearsals and performances 7 days in a row, getting to bed so much later than usual. She had no spare time for anything outside of eating and sleeping… Read more »

I’m stunned to realize it has only been a week that I am looking to summarize because the various emotional rollercoasters feel like forever ago, which I guess means I have successfully let go of the residue. Last Sunday Sarah had a meltdown in rehearsal that included full screaming in the gym in the middle… Read more »

A week ago we were preparing for our Monday trip to Akron, OH to watch the eclipse in the hopes that the weather would cooperate and we could witness the totality. Monday morning we were on our way by 7am, laptops packed for any schoolwork on this virtual day made possible by the pandemic –… Read more »