I’m back on deck this week after a long break where I only worked part-time when I could manage it. The best thing about having a spare 20-30 hours a week is I was able to dedicate that time to reading emails from the kids’ school, and my full-time job of repeatedly closing the cabinets in my kitchen. I still missed school photos, one excursion... and there’s currently four doors open, so it’s an ongoing process.

I also had radiation to treat cancer. While I made jokes to friends about i