@lovendures Prayers ongoing for the Highest Good for all concerned. Hugs and Love and Support to you dear Lovendures.
Asking for prayers for my daughter who simply refuses to go to school. (she is not at the same school as my son where they had their first Covid case)
I don't want to get into the details.t We need understanding and guidance.
Her name is Emma Thank you
@kksali Much love and guidance to Emma and you all. I know first-hand how hard that is. I will pray for clarity and peace and patience for all of you.
If you could, please send some light and energy to my community, especially the local school board. They are voting tomorrow night on whether or not to require masks in school, as if this is even a question!
As of now, there is NO planned covid strategy: no contract tracing, no reporting. It is mind-boggling.
Our local Department of Health gave them a formal smackdown earlier this week, so I believe they are reversing their stance on contract tracing and reporting, but I know that several members of the board are still opposed to masks and other mitigation efforts. It's going to be a close one.
I remain hopeful they will make the right decision -- but a little help from you good folks couldn't hurt, either ?
Thank you all
@kksali sending love to Emma. She needs to live her life her own way. She doesn't want to feel bad about herself any more so she wants to stay where she feels good.
It boggles the mind!!!
There are the people we have in charge of the well being of our children...
There is a big old spotlight on the truth isn't there?
Lots of prayers they see the light.
May you understand all that you need to know in order to help your daughter. Prayers for enlightenment and help.
I’m not sure if this is the right thread to post this, but here goes:
I’m pregnant, due on 1/1/2022, and work for the State in NY. My agency had been telecommuting full-time since March 2020, until a few months ago when we started bringing everyone back to the office with no mask or vaccine mandates in place, while Delta cases started going up. At the time, we were coming in one day a week, and I was concerned about potentially getting COVID due to my pregnancy. My OBGYN was supportive and wrote a letter in order to get me an accommodation to continue to work from home full-time for the duration of my pregnancy, for which I feel extremely fortunate, because now, as of 9/6/2021, all workers will be expected to return to the office, with no exceptions for COVID-related situations. Higher-ups have produced a telecommuting contract which allows up to 2 days a week to telecommute, but it’s so restrictive as to be prohibitive for most employees, and apparently I wouldn’t qualify in the first place. It is truly not safe for everyone to be returning to the office at this point in time, and our higher-ups are disregarding our health and safety in favor of pretending that this pandemic is over when it clearly isn’t. I believe we have all proven that we are capable of working from home and being just as efficient and even more productive than when we are in an office every day and don’t understand the reasoning behind dragging us all back in. It feels completely backwards, especially when considering that everyone will need to commute when we really need to be trying to make massive changes to combat climate change, including limiting time using cars/in traffic.
Anyway, (sorry this is running on and on), I’m protected by my reasonable accommodation for the duration of my pregnancy, but I can’t help but worry about my coworkers and their safety. I’m praying about it and hoping that the new governor may make a decision to have those of us who can work from home full time do so again, but I’m having trouble keeping faith/hope. I’m also having trouble shaking the anger and disappointment I feel towards our higher-ups who are placing us in danger for what appears to be no legitimate reason. I have my own personal concerns about having to return to the office full-time after the baby is born since it won’t be safe to put him in daycare at 9 weeks old, something that is weighing heavily on me and causing me a lot of anxiety, but for now I’m really just worried about all of my coworkers and others who are being placed in harms’ way for no good reason. I’d appreciate any prayers/protective thoughts on their behalf. :)
@nelysthealchemist First of all never apologize for post lengths. The number of manifestos I’ve posted here are countless. This is my favorite of all the online communities I’ve ever been a part of for their patience, grace, understanding, commiseration and most importantly - love.
Second - this is exactly the right thread for this. I’ll start us off by sending some protective energy your co-workers way, and some energy to find solace and routine in your continued work from home stint, as well as some added protection for you and baby Nelysthealhemist! (Maybe you’ll get the New Years Baby given your due date!)
This is a real and true issue. I’m back in the office and while I felt safe being in close proximity with my coworkers Tuesday and Yesterday (our first day back) because we’re all vaccinated and careful, as the work takes off we’ll be back to masking and keeping our distance whenever possible. This is the reality for everyone who is going back to work - your coworkers as well, and while knowledge that we’re all doing this right now isn’t a comfort, the fact that many of us will be sending a little extra light and protection to everyone who is out there dealing with this could be.
Have you looked into FMLA leave options for after 9 weeks (or when your sick time runs out - in Michigan I used sick time until it was exhausted when my daughters were first born as my wife had to return to work very soon after spending 4 months on bed rest and then had an FMLA leave approved with reduced but continued payment until the school year ended, but I don’t know if that was a program in the state, an employment benefit I didn’t know about, or a decision our school board/superintendent made - regrettably I never asked)
Light and love to you, your developing human light worker, and your colleagues.
EDIT: I will add, god willing we’re in a completely different place in March of 2022 when you’d be coming off maternity leave. Lord, make this so!
@nelysthealchemist Have you looked into FMLA leave options for after 9 weeks (or when your sick time runs out - in Michigan I used sick time until it was exhausted when my daughters were first born as my wife had to return to work very soon after spending 4 months on bed rest and then had an FMLA leave approved with reduced but continued payment until the school year ended, but I don’t know if that was a program in the state, an employment benefit I didn’t know about, or a decision our school board/superintendent made - regrettably I never asked)
Light and love to you, your developing human light worker, and your colleagues.
EDIT: I will add, god willing we’re in a completely different place in March of 2022 when you’d be coming off maternity leave. Lord, make this so!
@dannyboy- I sure hope so! I actually posted another rant in one of the other threads about my situation with “maternity leave” in the State. So, there is no disability or maternity leave of any kind because as a union-protected employee, there’s an employer exemption where the union can opt-out of offering those options and, of course, they’ve opted out. The only option available to me would be an unpaid FMLA leave, which we can’t afford. Ideally, I could finish my 6-8 weeks postpartum at home (during which I have to use all of my available time off), then work remotely until the baby is 6 months old and can get a shot (assuming COVID shots will be available for children 6 months old and up), but my agency won’t be allowing that apparently. I do have a history of depression/anxiety and had severe PPD/PPA with my first child so my OBGYN and therapist are preparing me for the likelihood of that happening again. They’ve already agreed to support a request for an accommodation to telecommute full-time after the baby is born based on my mental health history, etc, but I hate to play that card (even if it is legitimate). I’m just scared and feel like I have no viable options…