It depends on the day and the minute you ask me.\u00a0 Just being truthful. For the most part, I think I’m doing okay.<\/p>\n
Despite everything changing.\u00a0 Stores closing.\u00a0 People losing their jobs.\u00a0 Not a roll of toilet paper to be found anywhere. (smile)<\/p>\n
I woke up this morning, 3:20am, in a sweat.\u00a0 I don’t know if I was having bad dreams or what, but the feeling of heaviness was crushing.\u00a0 I started worrying about my family, my job, my husband who is working out of town, our money, our bills, and mostly the health of everyone close to me.<\/p>\n
I threw off the covers.\u00a0 I felt so anxious and unsettled.\u00a0 I think sometimes, we can go to sleep, and for a brief second when we open our eyes in the morning, we forget.\u00a0 We forget about everything.<\/p>\n
And then it all comes flooding back.<\/p>\n
It took some time to calm myself and get back to bed.<\/p>\n
Last night, we sat around the dinner table, having breakfast for dinner. and we talked about what was happening in the world around us.\u00a0 We talk. A lot.\u00a0 In our house.\u00a0 About what’s happening and how we’re feeling.\u00a0 Because we need to express ourselves.\u00a0 We need to share with each other.<\/p>\n
And then we took our cat for a drive.\u00a0 In the car.\u00a0 Around the neighbourhood.\u00a0 And we listened to music.\u00a0 Cranked up the radio.\u00a0 Sang along.\u00a0\u00a0To get out of the house.\u00a0 To feel normal.\u00a0 For a bit.<\/p>\n
I don’t believe there is a need to panic but we need to be cautious and concerned.\u00a0 We need to do all that we can individually to help each other stay strong.<\/p>\n
That means staying home when possible.\u00a0 \u00a0No get-togethers.\u00a0 No visits.\u00a0 No play dates.\u00a0 No visiting the grocery store or anywhere else if you have just returned from vacation.<\/p>\n
It’s critical.\u00a0 \u00a0And we have the power to change it for the better.\u00a0\u00a0Just by staying home.<\/p>\n
There is something so unsettling about something that can’t even be seen.<\/p>\n
There are tulips coming up in my garden.\u00a0 There are buds on my lilac trees and on my pussy willow.\u00a0 Signs of life all around.\u00a0 Yet we remain in “lockdown”.\u00a0 \u00a0Social\/ physical distancing.\u00a0 Staying in our houses as much as we can.\u00a0 Missing our families.\u00a0 Even missing our co-workers.<\/p>\n
I’m done with television shows and binge watching Netflix.\u00a0 I miss people.\u00a0 Conversations where you can see someone smile, or laugh.<\/p>\n
It’s changing how I cook.\u00a0 What I prepare.\u00a0 How I plan.\u00a0 I am more aware of what we have in the house.\u00a0 No more spontaneous trips to the grocery store if a craving for tacos suddenly hits or I need chocolate to get through a bad day.<\/p>\n
I don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but I do know that we can get through it.\u00a0 This community is so strong.\u00a0 We are strong.<\/p>\n
Things look different right now and feel uncertain and scary.<\/p>\n
But it won’t be like this forever.<\/p>\n
This too, shall pass.<\/p>\n
I hope you are doing okay.\u00a0 I hope that you are hanging in there and taking advantage of this unusual time.<\/p>\n
Find the positive in the situation.\u00a0 Find the good.\u00a0 \u00a0Look to the helpers.\u00a0 And find a reason everyday to be grateful for what you do have.<\/p>\n
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