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A Bridge to Cross
We've seen a lot of changes this year. Some bad, some good, some just weird.
Weird
What prompted "Covid made things weird" while I was driving with my son this week? The Forcht back fork has had the UK football helmet on it since the beginning of fall. No witch, no pilgrim, who knows if Santa will get a turn. We speculated on why, and our consensus was that Covid turned that location into an ATM-only location, and there's been no-one left to change the hats.
Bad
My older son got the virus this summer and I couldn't do anything for him all the way in Houston. Fortunately, his finacée knew all the best treatments for his at home, and he has fully recovered.
I haven't seen my parents in person since last Thanksgiving. Daddy had knee replacement surgery and I couldn't flu to San Antonio to help mom with his immediate after-care.
Good
Mom and I talk more than over before. She's mastered FaceTime and Zoom, and we've even figured out how to shop together online. I generally have to choose between time off here with chosen family for holidays and travel there with natural family. This year, we got to include Mom and older son for the first time at Lexington Thanksgiving via Zoom meeting. I'm watching the positivity rates to see if I can fly to San Antonio for Christmas without self-quarantining at either end. But, no matter where I am for Christmas, we'll all be together again due to the magic of Zoom.
I'm an introvert by nature. The mask requirements allow me to get by with eye-crinkling smiles, and not have to think up small talk. I've been among the fortunate to continue to work during lockdowns, but I really don't do much outside the house otherwise. I'm a natural home-body and I've been enjoying the outside reason to stay in. It's given me more time to work on simplifying my environment.
I'm optimistic that we will come out of this pandemic stronger and more connected. I'm looking forward to that future.
A Bridge to Cross
We've seen a lot of changes this year. Some bad, some good, some just weird.
Weird
What prompted "Covid made things weird" while I was driving with my son this week? The Forcht back fork has had the UK football helmet on it since the beginning of fall. No witch, no pilgrim, who knows if Santa will get a turn. We speculated on why, and our consensus was that Covid turned that location into an ATM-only location, and there's been no-one left to change the hats.
Bad
My older son got the virus this summer and I couldn't do anything for him all the way in Houston. Fortunately, his finacée knew all the best treatments for his at home, and he has fully recovered.
I haven't seen my parents in person since last Thanksgiving. Daddy had knee replacement surgery and I couldn't flu to San Antonio to help mom with his immediate after-care.
Good
Mom and I talk more than over before. She's mastered FaceTime and Zoom, and we've even figured out how to shop together online. I generally have to choose between time off here with chosen family for holidays and travel there with natural family. This year, we got to include Mom and older son for the first time at Lexington Thanksgiving via Zoom meeting. I'm watching the positivity rates to see if I can fly to San Antonio for Christmas without self-quarantining at either end. But, no matter where I am for Christmas, we'll all be together again due to the magic of Zoom.
I'm an introvert by nature. The mask requirements allow me to get by with eye-crinkling smiles, and not have to think up small talk. I've been among the fortunate to continue to work during lockdowns, but I really don't do much outside the house otherwise. I'm a natural home-body and I've been enjoying the outside reason to stay in. It's given me more time to work on simplifying my environment.
I'm optimistic that we will come out of this pandemic stronger and more connected. I'm looking forward to that future.
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Date: 2020-11-28 07:58 pm (UTC)• I wonder if you could connect the beginning more to bridges? Maybe you could say something about when standing here in the present and looking at the past, you see three pathways — good, bad and weird. Or something like that? And then your title could be 'The three bridges'
• 'The Forcht back fork' - This part is confusing to me because I'm not sure what this is. A road? But where are the pictures normally? On a billboard or something? Maybe if you could describe it a little more.
• 'treatments for his at home' - I think that should be 'for him'
• 'I couldn't flu to San Antonio' - 'fly'
• 'Mom and I talk more than over before' - 'ever before'
• Maybe the end could tie into the bridges again, like this maybe? 'I'm optimistic that we will come out of this pandemic stronger and more connected, no matter what bridge people are crossing right now'
I really like the three different pathways; I just think maybe a more overt reference might make it a little stronger!