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Some people have reported that their dreams have gotten more vivid, or that they’ve had an unusually strong sense of God, or felt the presence or heard the voice of departed loved ones—has anything like that happened to you? If it has, tell us about it.
I love this thought, it has not happened to me though I have heard others talk about it and how things are just more active in the spirit world. I love that our being anchored in this time, space and reality has impeded our ability to distract ourselves by leading our “busy” lives. Instead we must notice the changes that have happened by our screeching halt: nature is flourish and taking back their space, the environment is healing itself and most of us are still okay! That speaks to my life, but not everyone else’s lives. I feel deeply for those who are not okay, who cannot pay their rent or feed their families and those that are lonely or feel helpless. I am thankful and grateful everyday and will give up more to help those with less.
November 7, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
School's out for summer! (I am a 1st grade teacher.) In our last staff meeting our principal asked us to list things we never want to hear or do again after this crazy year. Here's a partial list: I never want to hear these words/phrases again: *Asynchronous/ synchronous *Roomies and Zoomies (our way of addressing the two groups we were teaching - Roomies are in class with me and Zoomies are on the video conference screen) *You're muted! *Push your mute button *type it in the chat *pull up your mask... yes, over your nose too *don't touch me/him/that *social distance I never want to do these things again: *have two sets of students-some in my classroom and others at home *teach on Google Meet *refuse a hug from a 6 year old because of social distancing *tell kids they can't play near each other or help each other or share materials *sit kids at desks 6 ft apart and tell them they can't leave their desk area ALL DAY *teach everything in whole group lessons because we can't have socially-distanced reading groups or learning centers *go an entire year without meeting a student or their parent face to face *go an entire year with inviting family members of my students to the classroom/school *teach with a mask on (this one still might be around next school year though...) Covid-19 has really helped me see the beauty and importance in so much of what we did in the past, and made me long for just an average school day! I can't wait to get back to normal!
June 25, 2021