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Subject: [sightexchange] the night before quarantine
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 12:58:12 +0000
From: Debbie Rozear <[log in to unmask]>
'twas the night before quarantine
and all through the town, not a restaurant was open, not a school-bus
was found.
and sanitizers were placed by all doorposts with care, in hopes that
Corona would never come there.
The children were swinging from the crystal chandeliers, and the
stir-crazy babies were almost in tears.
with everyone in health masks and live updates on their screens, we
hunkered down and waited for COVID-19.
for into our lives with a sneeze and a cough came a global pandemic
and a crash of the stocks. away to the grocery we all flew like a
flash, and bought
all the toilet paper for our personal stash. as the moon slowly rose
on our fates and our fears, what to my wandering mind should appear?
in the absence
of busyness a new life taking form: in the stillness of solitude, in
the silence of the storm. in the magic of together and home-bound
company, rediscovering
connection in our family. so with the pup in her kennel and the
children in their beds, new visions of adventures now danced in my
head! the checklists
could wait and the bank accounts would be fine, for we had been given
the most sacred gift of time. so I gathered the markers and crayons
and paints, I
collected the nerf guns and assembled board games. with a wink and a
smile I moved on to schoolwork: math facts and science and vocabulary
words. I laughed
as I thought it, in spite of myself, "what if quarantine can heal our
emotional health?" if the birds are still singing and if the flowers
still bloom,
surely the sunshine can overcome our gloom. if we set aside fear and
choose kindness instead, maybe we'll all begin to realize we have
nothing to dread.
I tucked back into bed and smiled up at the moon, for a peace had
replaced the impending doom. so take heart and take hope through this
curious plight,
and "happy quarantine to all" until we're allowed to reunite."
Author unknown
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