It was a year ago that lockdown began. I started working from home on March 9th of last year. For all that has happened in the last year, it has felt at times that time has been at a stand still. I’ve heard talk of hitting The Pandemic Wall, before which lie our fears and anxieties, and beyond which lies our freedom. So many people I’ve spoken to are the base of the wall now.
It’s hard for everyone. Circumstances vary widely. Some of us have lost employment, some have lost health, and far too many have lost lives.
But all of us have lost a very basic need: connection. We are not meant to be isolated from each other. We are not meant to spend our days talking to two dimensional ghosts on flat screen. God and evolution designed us to be with each other.
So what do we do now? We are still months away from seeing each other. We do the only thing we can do: hope. The darkness of winter is always followed by the brightness of spring. The pandemic will be gone someday. The cold distance between us will soon be breached by the warmth of proximity.
We will be together again soon.