The Foreign Service Journal, December 2020

88 DECEMBER 2020 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT The Gorman family in Red Square after Seamus’ 14-day quarantine. COURTESYOFSEAMUSGORMAN Friends from past posts reached out to offer to move him out, move him in, store his car, feed him. (No small task, that last one. Gone are the days when my baby turned up his nose at foods that touched on the plate; he can now destroy your monthly food budget over the course of a long weekend!) I have no idea what’s next, for my col- lege kid, for my next-in-line child, who is applying to colleges right now, or for the rest of our family, still locked into Phase 1 here in Moscow. I’m pretty sure the State Department as an institution isn’t coming to save us any time soon. But like many of the parents who spoke with me for this article, I’m feeling more okay as the days pass. We’ll figure it out somehow, together. n