How to survive the summer when you can’t leave the house?

(NOTE: I want to preface this post by saying that, obviously, the upending of our summer plans is a problem that pales in comparison to the issues of racial injustice that we are all reckoning with. That said, I wrote this post, and want to share it, but I also want to acknowledge that it feels a bit wrong to me to be writing about anything but racism and racial justice in this moment.)

As I write this, my kids are 1 week away from summer vacation. Meaning that I’m one week away from a summer that will be unlike