On this day in 1979, my DH & I were married - in Pennsylvania, 3 days after the Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident. Those of you who around back then know how frightening and uncertain everything felt at this time.
My relatives were told to evacuate from central PA and leave their homes without knowing when they might return, if ever. The families gathered together at a joyous event.
Fast forward 41 years and here my DH and I are in our third week sheltering in place in NY. Told not to leave our home except to shop for groceries, pick up prescriptions or go to the bank for money.
No gatherings allowed. Weddings and college graduations are cancelled. No grandchild's birthday party. No visits to grandma at the retirement home. No going out to your favorite restaurant. No sitting at the bedside of someone you love. Nor attending a funeral.
As my mother used to say, "this too, shall pass."
And I pray that it will be sooner than later.
I am sorry that there will not be a big party, family meetings and hugs. Stay save, stay in your home and like you said "this too, shall pass"
If you need to have a funeral, consider convening a meeting on the internet. Everyone can say their nice things about the person, someone can read selected scripture, tell the stories. It doesn't have to be in a church or synagogue or mosque or graveyard, does it? Then perhaps on the anniversary of the person's passing the family/friends can gather for a special meal and remembrance.
Stay safe, stay swell, stay at home.
One plus to an empty neighborhood, is that our back yard is being visited with lots of wildlife. So far we've had a hare, several deer that have a taste for our hydrangea, a mink, foxes, rabbits and one particular chipmunk who has decided to move INTO one of our bird feeders!
There's been a endless stream of migratory and resident birds visiting the feeders to see what the squirrels and chipmunks have left them.
Hope you can get back home soon. Until then, stay safe, stay well, stay in place. Hugs*, Deb
