Things are different
Things are different. We’re wearing masks, working, schooling and exercising from home, and cooking more. Restaurants and retailers are closed, or their hours and services are reduced. These are the inconveniences. Things are different, and there is more to it than inconvenience. Speaking for myself, there is, A sense of isolation from being home more…
The unseen forces
Outward support is tangible, easy to recognize, and to acknowledge. If we are fortunate, we have good friends and family who do and say things to help us. This isn’t just when times are tough, but regularly and consistently. That’s one of the reasons we all keep one another around. During the recent pandemic, we…
Here we go again
Spending this past winter in North Carolina was important to me. A friend recently asked, what was your goal during that time? Good question. What I knew for sure was that I needed to get back to the community that Tim and I had been a part of for 15 years. It was an important…
How are you?
I’m fine. It’s not a great question. And it’s an even worse answer. “How are you?” It’s just a typical greeting. We do it every day without much thought to the question or the response. But after you lose someone, it takes on a new meaning. And the person asking says it with a different…