It's day one... Are you crazy yet? Let me tell you, I felt the walls closing in. My brain exploded into a hundred pieces; one checking the news, another worried about finances, a small fraction trying to homeschool, another working on this website just to avoid everything else. I called a family meeting where my teen continuously rolled his eyes, my seven-year-old cried, and my twelve-year-old could barely pull himself away from his video games. After a one-sided discussion where I nagged about schedules and helping out, I grabbed the vodka and poured-- liberally. That's how my day went. And so many others are having the same day. A friend on Facebook admitted she locked herself in the bathroom to cry so her kid wouldn't see. Another friend asked where she could find food because the grocery shelves were empty. My mother told me to go get some cash because the stock market shut down. Then there was a discussion online about how a neighboring town couldn't do remote learning because so many families didn't have access to computers or internet. Wow. These are unprecedented times, folks. Unprecedented. But that's just the thing. These times breed fear and anxiety, but they can also grow love and connection. Outside of the bad, I took a walk with some neighbors. We spread out across the street, 6 feet apart, and decided to do it again the next day, and every afternoon after that. Another neighbor talked about finding an abandoned lot so we could grow vegetables. And though my social media feed was inundated with negative, it was also filled with free events and activities. I'm particularly excited about this one----> Dropkick Murphys is putting on a live concert tomorrow for Saint Patty's Day, and my plan is to turn them on, to turn them loud, and to dance around my kitchen like the world isn't changing forever before my eyes. And though my usual M-O is a cool, New England reserve, I think I'll make "Wild Abandon" my secret code word for the day. If you don't know who Dropkick Murphys is, check them out here.
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