How will spring feel five years from now?
Whirlpools in spring. Photo by kim giseok on Unsplash What better way to involve your children in the pageantry of Palm Sunday than with a picnic lunch in front of a National Cathedral livestream? That was our thinking, anyway, when we moved aside the coffee table, spread out an old red sheet (liturgical significance unintended), and sat with our plates of reheated leftovers to mark the start of this year's Christian Holy Week. As a family forged in its early years during the COVID-19 pandemic, we aren't strangers to watching religious services online. This instance was elective; we felt it would be easier to maintain our kids' attention during the long service if they could move around, and we had greater latitude to explain the service without having to worry about distracting others in crowded pews. In the midst of our picnic, a memory struck me of Palm Sunday five years ago, early in pandemic lockdown, when my older child, then 18 months old, closed out our at...
