Today is Memorial Day, our annual attempt to express gratitude for the military service of our fellow men and women. In years past, it has been our entry into summer featuring parades and cookouts.
2020 is different.
Social distancing is now our new normal. Face masks save people around us from our germs.
Covid-19 is the enemy that has now killed nearly 100,000 Americans since February.
The scale of this pandemic has given all of us a new standard for disaster.
Temperatures above 90 outside is a reminder of what summer means. This year, however, has no baseball so that’s no good.
Quarantine in my bedroom for three months has advanced my already eager trend towards online interaction as an agreeable substitute for face to face human contact. Facebook,Twitter,AOL,Gmail,you tube,Netflix,amazon Prime, Hulu,and now zoom,webex,Skype,periscope are my daily companions. Along with eight ball pool, words with friends and now blogging this journal filling my days with activity, I am generally OK with what life has become. One benefit of surviving to be 70 years old has proven to be greater patience for accepting life lessons without mashing myself in doubt or despair. Something about my altered acceptance without whining of life’s challenges beyond my control.
Life offers us a wild ride filled with blessings and tough breaks.
My goal now is to be grateful for the former while trying to avoid the latter.
#MemorialDay2020
Welcome to the summer of 2020!
Buckle up boys and girls, we are in for a bumpy flight!
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