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Do you feel like your life is going well right now? Has the pandemic changed this? If so, tell us about it.
“How you doin?” Is something I ask myself every day, and every day I’m grateful. I’m retired and own my house. My health is good, and so far my family is healthy. We are not without challenges but they are minor compared to all those fighting the disease either personally or professionally. We have a roof over our head and food to eat, and can move around under our own power. What’s changed the most is how we socialize. Thank goodness for technology! Zoom and texting are a lifeline as I can see faces and interact. I miss smiles and hugs...and I don’t understand selfishness, entitlement and stupidity... well yes, I do...people are afraid, and fear often makes people stupid and angry and we see examples every day of that dangerous combination. Here’s hoping hate, like a bear, will hibernate, and perhaps dissipate and begone by spring...yah, I know...but you got to have a dream.... 12/15
January 6, 2021
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Talk about anyone you're especially worried about during the pandemic, and what you’re worried about.
My daughter. She is an introvert, like me, but more so. And anxious. "Hell is other people" and "people suck" are two things I've heard her say *before* the novel coronavirus arrived here. Maybe misanthrope is a better word. (And prophet?) She does live with 3 other people and 2 dogs, all of whom she likes or loves. So, that's good; she has had this support. She announced that she and her household went to dinner with neighbor/acquaintances recently. The first time she has been with anybody (except her parents and in-laws) in 16 months or more. I asked how her social skills had been. "Not bad, I don't think. I think I did okay." A tender sprout. I am hoping that the malignant variants and sucky-people's reactions to them don't send her back into her warrens this fall & winter.
July 5, 2021