Smile or Don’t, Totally Up to You

“Let me get a picture of your first day of school!” It’s 7:15 am on a 74-degree October morning and my kids are starting school in person for the first time since March. For them, it’s been a good run. In zoom school, my second grader wrapped every day by 11 am, had constant breaks, and got to play iPad pretty much any time I needed to accomplish something. With three kids in the house during a pandemic, uninterrupted anything has…