My large family has a tradition, on your birthday, where we go around the table and name our favorite thing about the birthday boy or girl. Last year, on Gracie's birthday, we got all of the way around the table to my adorable two-year-old niece. She smiled the sweetest smile and said, "I don't know. what. is. happ-ening."
And that pretty much sums up life right now.
Most conversations you have with people go around and around in similar ways: Do you think school will re-open? Do you think there will be summer camps? How long are they saying this will last? Does anywhere have toilet paper?
But the bottom line is that we don't know. what is. happ-ening.
Today I put on my Walmart bunny suit and for 1.5 hours my family drove around and I waved my little bunny heart out at children big and small. Really got into character too.
Afterwards, Gracie declared it the best Easter of her life.
And for the 1 millionth time in my 39 years I learned that not having answers to the big things does not mean we can't find joy in the little ones.
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