Covid-19 - Just so I NEVER forget!

Gas price a mile from home was $2.29.
All schools cancelled.
Self-distancing measure on the rise.
Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6 ft) from each other.
Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors.
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.
Parks, trails, entire cities locked up.
Entire sports seasons cancelled.
Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.
Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.
No masses, churches are closed.
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 10 or more.
Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home.
Children's outdoor play parks are closed.
Working from home.
Terrified of friends and family job stability.
We are to distance from each other.
Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.
Panic buying sets in and most stores have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towels, no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer.
Shelves are bare.
Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.
Government closes the border to all non- essential travel.
Fines are established for breaking the rules in some parts of the country.
Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.
Press conferences daily from the President.  Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths.
Government incentives to stay home.
Barely anyone on the roads.
People wearing masks and gloves outside.
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.
Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.
5.7 Earthquake hit Utah (Magna) March 18th 2020.
6.5 Earthquaie hit Idaho (near Boise) March 31st 2020.

This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11, 2020.

Why, you ask, do I write this status?

One day it will show up in my memories, and it will be yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted.

We have so much!
Be thankful. Be grateful.

Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone.

We are all one! 🧡

From a friend's post on Facebook.  A good reflection on what is happening.

I am seeing personally an in my family members that there are some positive effects of this whole thing happening.  People are having to just slow down and spend time with their family...me included.  We are doing the basic things, but there is just a lot of the running around stuff that we really can't be doing now.  Before this all started, I was just about ready to go crazy at work with all of the push, push stresses that were going on.  I was actually happy that they canceled school to have that stop.  I've enjoyed just going to work at school at whatever time I want and having time to go for a bike ride and eat lunch before I go in.  And I've enjoyed listening to podcasts and books while I'm there working alone.

 I miss going to all of the YSA activities, but even that was very time consuming and instead of that, I have enjoyed our efforts to call and talk individually to each member of our ward to check in and see how they are doing.  Many have been very appreciative of our reaching out to them...even some who never come.  (Only had one who was as rude as ever.)

I'm enjoying not feeling so rushed in so many ways and of just hanging out with Paul and Bean in a more relaxed setting.

I know it will have to go back to the normal rush sooner or later, but for now, in some ways, I'm enjoying just being more in the moment with the people that mean most to me.  I have enjoyed the little family text thing that Brynn set up for us to keep in touch better.  I'm grateful that people are posting things on Facebook and Instagram so I still can see what's happening with them.  And I'm trying harder to look for ways to reach out to the people I minister to.

I hope I will learn some positive things that I will take away from all of this.