Brittany Tobias, communications director for St. Mary Student Parish Catholic Campus Ministry, advises that there's still a lot of uncertainty and changing plans concerning the start of the fall semester at the University of Michigan.

"We are still unable to truly plan for what lies ahead," she said in an article she wrote for the parish bulletin. She noted that they know they won't be able to welcome students back into their church for the upcoming semester the same way they have in past years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We are living in unprecedented times and our plans change from week to week," Tobias said in the bulletin.

Tobias said she's been doing her best to juggle the pandemic, work, and her two toddlers, but it "never feels like enough." Even so, she knows that all her family needs is love, kindness, and understanding, not perfection.

It's easy to focus on the "weeds" or imperfections, she said, but sometimes the "weed isn't what it appears to be at all."

Tobias reminds us that we must be patient, because the harvest could be destroyed if all the weeds are removed.