849th Friday Blog Roundup

Basement school has come to an end. At least, it has come to an end for the summer. School ended with a whimper on an asynchronous day, so the kids weren’t certain they needed to be there or not. They went anyway and started their summer work until they ran out of note cards. That sort of sums up life.

Remote school has been easier in many ways and harder in others. Just like a regular school year. They are so lucky that they have technology and each other. Really, three cheers for technology—the real star of remote learning.

Though I’m sad that I can no longer stand on the basement stairs and dance like a robot off-camera during their classes. I’m sure they’re sad, too.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments in order to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. In order to read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• “Relatable Words from Others” (Infertile Phoenix)

Okay, now my choices this week.

Searching for Our Silver Lining writes about how we process death, and how it leads to how we feel after a loss. “The idea that death is anything other than awful, scary and to be feared is something Western culture struggles with. Which is massively unhealthy, particularly with how it influences the grieving processes.” Instead, she uses an experience to teach her children how to grieve. They come through the death feeling everything they need to feel with support.

The Road Less Travelled is desperately seeking a vaccine in Canada. (It reminds me of February/March.) A full day of searching leaves her back at square one. Sending a hug because this process is so frustrating.

Lastly, Infertile Phoenix’s post begins: “Hearing other people’s stories is a privilege. Being there for people when they are at their most vulnerable is a big responsibility.” Yes. (Or in Jerry Maguire-speak, you had me at hello.) But it’s that final line that really hooked my heart: “I’m doing what I want. I’m living my life, not anyone else’s.” Yes, you’ll have to read the whole post to figure out how she gets from A to B.

The roundup to the Roundup: School is out for summer. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between June 11 – June 18) and not the blog’s main url. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week? Read the original open thread post here.