I never thought our neck of the woods would become famous for housing the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in America.
I also never thought our state would be scrutinized for weeks by the whole country to see how a novel coronavirus pandemic plays out.
And that’s just the beginning of all the things I never thought! Who knew toilet paper and hand soap would disappear? And that homemade face masks are way more comfortable than disposable masks?
Also… there are an amazing amount of good things that came about for us. An entirely empty calendar that we had full power to build from scratch was relieving and exhilarating. It felt like a gift. Like a heavenly “factory reset” button had been pressed for our family. And as we’ve filled it, we’ve done things we never would have…
Like today, we disappeared into one of our neighborhood trails. (How are these so empty right now?? Not complaining, just thoroughly surprised…) And instead of keeping to the beaten path as we always had before, we walked off into the forest, hungry for new stimulus for our isolated brains.
And nature provided a rich bounty of healing and uplifting that I swear is a gift from our loving Father above.
Oh my gosh, Heidi! I’m so glad you still blog. I just remembered that I had an old blog and was going through old posts. I don’t know if you remember me from forever ago when we live in the Millcreek area, but I was looking at pics of your little guy and my daughter Mia back when they were babies and we used to swap babysitting! Anyway, just wanted to say hello. I have actually thought of you over the years and wondered how you were doing. Hope all is well!