Everyday Querencia

  There I was, settled in at the dining table with my laptop open, a tidy list of “today’s content goals” neatly laid out beside my coffee cup. The plan was elegant, refined, efficient. My house? Less so. A few rogue dish towels draped over the arm of a chair, toast crumbs dancing across the counter, and somewhere in the background… a cartoon chorus of vowels echoing in Spanish. “¡A, E, I, O, U!” The twins singing and clapped. My content calendar wept. It was one of those moments where grandparenting, homemaking, and ambition met in a crowded moment in time — and I had to decide who got the right of way. The Myth of “Keeping It All Together” If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that “keeping it all together” is more of a magazine headline than a lifestyle. The truth? Some days the laundry gets folded into tidy stacks, and other days it’s more of a textile avalanche waiting for an intrepid climber. And here’s the little secret: that’s okay. Because these stopping points ...