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Historical Summer 2020 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
A significant portion of this issue is dedicated to the unprecedented pandemic of Covid-19, how it is affecting our lives, and our reactions to those effects. Families are missing significant milestones, our most vulnerable are losing their income, and we are all missing our community. For me, I have found that my personal weaknesses are just being exacerbated.
My two biggies are stress and guilt.
They have been my nemeses since birth.
I have worked from home for nearly twelve years so in theory not much should have changed for me, however, I feel guilty that I still have a job but filled with anxiety over the unpredictable future and the state of divisiveness of our country. How can we conquer what is ahead if we are not united? How can people not listen to scientists and experts to determine our best course of action?
These things are keeping me up at night and causing me to lose focus and motivation.
To defeat my inner demons, I am making a concerted effort to see any good that is coming out of this situation.
I love neighbors sitting on their lawns safely having happy hours.
I am happy that now my main source for food is my neighborhood grocery that I can walk to with my daughters and the and fruit and vegetable stand that my husband has been supporting for years.
I am grateful for the additional time that I get to spend with my family who were all furloughed from their jobs, walking every day, learning new board games, and bingewatching new TV shows.
I am thankful that the slowdown in events has allowed for our family to work on some home projects that have been put off for years – even if I do miss seeing my friends at the events.
I am so appreciative of all the food and supply drives that our neighbors have created to support the community.
I cry happy tears every single time I see people cheering our first responders and those working on the front line. And comically, I really enjoy all the reunion performances from my favorite past television and Broadway shows because now the casts have nothing on their plates to interfere with coordinating calendars.
This is hard, really hard, but we are stronger together.
Some of the most difficult things to do involve self-care.
We have an amazing community; if you need something there are so many people that want to help.
Please know that you can reach out. Remembering that makes this a little bit easier.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2020.
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