Ummm Mom...

Today Liz and I had a long talk. We talked about the unexpected ways the pandemic hit us. For the first time since the pandemic started I met a friend at our local coffee shop. It had been a bustling hub of town. I walked in mid morning to nothing, no one. The bakery case was almost empty. Then I learned they now close at 1pm.

When I went home I called Liz and we talked. I also talked about how few of our kids have signed up for our service week. And here she put me in my place. “Hey. Mom do you realize who you were and how hard we had to fight to go anywhere and that was before the pandemic”.

Throughout the pandemic my life has not faced the challenges of others. My kids were in their twenties. My jobs continued very much like normal. Joe was home from his program. Eric home from school but we remained mostly unchanged. As I tip my toe into life, I start to understand the reality of the pandemic.

I don’t think any of us understand the complete reality of what has happened. I know I have no clue what has changed.