Michele, I noticed that you posted the other day which was wonderful to see.
I miss your beautiful spirit and presence here in our community and decided to check-in with you. How are you doing? Sending love and light to you, may today be a blessing.
Bless you dearest Lovendures. That means so very, very much!
I do better during challenging times than most people and am just learning to hone that gift to a very fine level during these times!
Still at high risk personally in a high COVID-19 case county i have been truly isolated at home since March 2nd. I miss my children and tiny grandchildren so very much-- especially a new little one born just this year as we are all very close yet so very far away through isolation in our homes. I cannot wait to see them, hug them and finally be actively back in their lives once more!
Keeping all of you and your families in my thoughts and prayers and appreciate all that come back my way more than any of you can possibly imagine ?
Love you and love to all of you here!
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A former student at a school I work at in the summer has been taken by Covid 19. 18 years old and dying two weeks before her graduation would have been.
I cried bitter hard tears for her. Devastating. I can only imagine the loss her poor mother feels. My own child is living across the railroad tracks from the town this child lived in. I am scared for her safety.
So many friends are complaining about the lockdown. Covidiots is a term I learned today for all the people frequenting bars and not social distancing, or wearing masks.
Sometimes it just feels like nobody really cares about these victims.
I am so sad.
@ghandigirl it breaks my heart hearing of her passing may she be held in light as she pass over ??
Oh dear friend, how close it truly feels when it hits close to home like this.
My heart goes out to you in empathic understanding in so many ways. May this young student be held in the highest light of all our caring and loving the many, many families hurting so deeply now.
Remember this is hitting so hard because you are thinking of your own loss and pain from so many deep sorrows from not being close to her through these hard years. Send out lots and lots and lots of love to your daughter and feel your own true loss of that relationship you've so long missed out on from the enormous pain of separation.
If you can't phone her, write her a letter. Share your loss of her with her. This loss is endless and we who treasure you here want healing for you, for her, for that pain.
Love to you dear woman with all my heart.
What a loss. I am sure it is being felt deeply. You can hold her up in love and light when you interact with anyone who doesn't understand there are real people who are dying, of all ages. You can invoke her memory in a kind way.
Love to you Gandigirl.
The news of your loss deeply saddens me. I wish I could physically give you a long embrace right now, but I hope you can still feel it in your heart. I can feel it in mine, and I'm right there with you.
Lots of love to you, my friend.
Oh I am so so sorry to hear of this loss. I'd be terrified too. Big hugs. ❤️ ? ❤️ ?
I know so many people back East who have lost someone. One friend even posted a pic at his local drugstore - he had to buy 5 sympathy cards for people he knows who died of COVID in the last few weeks. He also lost his father in law to the disease. The pic he posted was of an empty card rack - there were NO sympathy cards left. Several other friends commented they had the same experience this week.
I think one of the problems here in SoCal is that we have been successful. No one here has lost anyone close to them that I know of. And so everyone is very complacent.
Today I had an ophthalmologist appointment, a re-check for a minor problem, not a check up. The doctor and I both wore masks. She had no gloves on as she went to touch my face. I asked her to at least Purell, since I didn't see her wash her hands. She refused to wear gloves. I should have left post-haste. But I hesitated and I really needed to resolve the issue I was there for. I tried to report her to our local COVID 211 line, which referred me to police, which here they never answer the non-911 line, and because she has her own practice no boss to report her to. So I guess now I have to track down the state medical board... and then know that my husband and I will get fired from her practice for reporting her... and she really is a good doctor (hard to find around here, unbelievably).
After that, I popped into my local market. Masks required for all. One older lady had pulled hers down off her face. I waited politely at the end of the aisle for her to leave (I'm sick to death of confronting Covidiots), and she had the nerve to shoot me a dirty look!!!
I grow more misanthropic by the day...
@ghandigirl I’m so sorry to hear about your former student. That’s devastating to have a life cut down at such a young age. With all the warnings of a second wave sounded by the scientists and many people on this forum, we can only look to protect the ones we love and care for as much as we can. But that also extends to self—care to make sure you’re not overburdening yourself with sadness. Our best defense, in addition to masks and washing our hands diligently, is also to fortify our immune system, which can be made vulnerable by stress, guilt and emotional overload. Please take care of yourself too.