On the other hand, I've noticed a desire to connect that I didn't expect. My upstairs neighbor made washable face masks for me, my son and daughter and two grandsons. She left them on my front porch and texted me that they were there. She has also texted me that the Dollar Tree had a supply of toilet paper and would give me some if I can't get out.
A new resident noticed that I walk two little pug dogs three times a day. She has a 17 year old pug mix that is beyond cute. She will speak to me as she passes on her daily walks and I have been able to scratch her little dog under the chin at the end of his leash.
My son, (51) who is bored beyond tears, goes out and sits in his little pickup everyday and just watches the activity in the complex. A couple of tenants, who are temporarily out of work right now, have stopped to talk to him when they notice he is sitting there.
I took my son to his credit union last week and there was a line halfway around the building. When one person came out, they let one person in. As they waited patiently in line, six feet from each other, they all began to converse with the person right in front or behind them. My son and the man in front of him both said it was curious, but they had enjoyed more conversations with people since they were six feet apart than they did pre-virus when they were all bunched up in a group waiting to be waited on in grocery store lines or at banks.
This is the new normal now. I wonder if things will go back to the way they were when this virus is under control or if some things will have changed forever.
Have a safe and well Thursday. Another week is almost over. My heart and prayers go out for those who have lost loved ones or are separated from them as they struggle to stay alive. It is spring now and the whole world is full of new life.
Blessings, Sandra
