Don’t Ask Me…I Don’t Know

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I don't know

Don’t ask me what day it is, I don’t know.

Don’t ask me how long we’ve been dealing with this pandemic, I don’t know.

Don’t ask me how I’ll handle another day of Zoom calls with a three-year-old climbing all over me, I don’t know.

Don’t ask me what’s for lunch, I don’t know.

Don’t ask me what’s for dinner either, I don’t know.

Don’t ask me how much screen time my kid has had, I don’t know.

Don’t ask me if mine or my husband’s job will survive all of this, I don’t know.

Don’t ask me how I’ll handle another day of taking on the mental load for the family, I just don’t know.

Here’s what I do know, I’m extremely grateful that my family is healthy right now.

Here’s what I do know, my husband and I are still working.

Here’s what I do know, my son is so happy we’re home together all day.

Here’s what I do know, I’m so happy we’re home together all day.

Here’s what I do know, I cherish my morning virtual workouts and SOLO cup of coffee before the house wakes up.

Here’s what I do know, we’ll have breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Here’s what I do know, it’s OK to be in a fog of uncertainty. 

Here’s what I do know, I will not let the unknown paralyze me.

Here’s what I do know, I WILL get through the day.

Here’s what I do know, none of us have all the answers right now, and we never really did.

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Angela Bosco is a native of Westchester. She chose Briarcliff Manor as her home after too many hurricanes in Florida and too many people in NYC. She’s mom to her son, Blaise (2016), who’s energy she simultaneously envies and fears. She shares a love of adult beverages with her husband Michael who, like her, is in the spirits industry. A self-proclaimed expert multi-tasker, you can find her on the Hudson Line cramming podcasts, emails and breakfast while penciling in her eyebrows and trying not to spill coffee on her seat mate during her morning commute to the city. On her free time she struggles to choose between doing yoga, reading NY Times best-seller’s or watching all things Real Housewives: the latter usually wins out. In her 20s you could hear her asking when her life would begin- now in her 30s you’ll find her reveling in it-chaos and all.