it’s officially been 2 months since the world we once knew shut down and we were forced to stay at home. Just this week, our governor began opening things back up and it has made me think about how my little family handled life during a global pandemic.
in the beginning my mind was only able to focus on the panic of a contagious virus and the fear of the unknown. having to stay away from stores and learning how to order our groceries. worrying over losing our jobs and how we would handle Will working from home. and discovering preschool was now going to be homeschooling with mommy taking the reigns of teacher. our emotions were certainly a mixed bag with anxiety and stress sitting at the top.
it wasn’t until one day when Liam woke up and walked into the kitchen to find daddy was once again home rather than being away at work that i started to see the world in a different way. he turned the corner and happily exclaimed “oh yay! daddy is home again today!” and i started to see this new life of ours through the eyes of my children.
i began to see that rather than being “forced” to stay home, we were “lucky” to get to stay home. rather than rushing from point A to point B, we took long walks. and bike rides until the sun went down. we stopped setting alarm clocks and making to-do lists and sat in the garden and listened to The Beatles.
my hope to my children is this:
one day when you’re older and people talk about the corona virus of 2020, you will smile as you think back to picnics on the living room floor, endless bubbles on the front porch, and evening social distancing bikes rides. how we stayed up late each night, how daddy was home for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner, and how we were all here to see you take your first step and watch you pedal your bike for the first time. although we were forced to stay home, we discovered everything that we needed was right here all along. and that all we ever truly needed to get by, was the love from each other.
and to all of you reading this, i hope that amidst the worry you were able to cherish some of the little moments in life.
and to any of you who have lost love ones during this tragic time, my hope is that you find some peace and can still see beauty in the world. sending my love to one and all. xx
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