Listen as a mother and son discuss what it’s like for the world to reopen as the pandemic subsides a bit. The mother shares that she wants to be able to hold the balance and find the best way to show up for her work while also being able to show up for her family. Trying to get back to pre-pandemic way of life is hazardous because in trying to erase the effects of the pandemic, we ignore the news ways of life that the pandemic has created and revealed the ways in which pre-pandemic life was harmful.
I’m afraid that the expectations might be trying to not think about what we all went through during the pandemic. It might be like, ‘I want to expect you to have not gone through all of that.’
