we contemplate the day.
We moved to our house so we could be close to our daughter's family.
It will be, at least, a month before we are allowed to go over the bridge to see them again.
Yet a neighbor has her family over for Sunday brunch
Every Sunday. Yes, they are outside in the breeze, but they are together.
Yes, I am jealous, no doubt.
They are the same age as us and I watch the grands all over the front yard.
Another friend has a weekly dinner with buddies that they "know" don't have it.
But all of them are exposed to people who could have it at any time.
And then I hear about the police being called on a group of teens
who have also been apart for two weeks
but they are in a small gathering in a back yard to say hi.
All three of these groups feel that because the have distanced,
they should be able to gather in a small way.
And I agree.
But then I have a friend who is taking this literally.
He used to hike in the hills around his home
Alone
But the hills are closed because families were coming to hike
and the legal eagles do not approve.
So he sits in his small apartment
Single. Isolated.
Can we go to the grocery? How about the hardware store?
Is this a good time to have someone build a deck?
Or lay a concrete floor?
Or get canned lights?
Or sew masks to be sold to others?
The criticism is leveled at governors and leaders
"They were lying about this to begin with"
"They keep changing their mind"
"They should have known"
"They should have enough PPE for the entire country"
"They should have things in place."
"They should have clamped down at the beginning"
"We should look at China for an example of getting through this"
"Churches should not gather- even in cars- for anything."
and then they go for a hike on the golf course
or have some friends over for games.
They pull out their stash of N-95 masks and soldier on to the third store.
Or quarantine in their 65,000 sq foot house with their maids and drivers on campus.
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All I know, is I cannot wait for it to be over.
obviously, for some, it is more distance between THOSE people.....
But no one knows what this course will take
We all wish we have a crystal ball.
We will move before we were planning to
because if this ever happens again, and it will,
we will be closer in distance to some family
and begin to plan for our single family members to have
an emergency "come and stay with us" fund.
I'll join that church who has battle buddies from the beginning.
And we will huddle down and handle it.
or, next time, will we just take our chances as our ancestors did-
and permit the fittest to live and the rest just hope to survive.
Day ten of stay at home order (not shelter in place- there is a difference).
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