Georgia, Deb, Sarah, Amy

So many words have expanded meaning during a pandemic.  Even the word pandemic itself, once associated with something far off, either from a movie or the distant past, before the vast majority of us were even alive, suddenly became present and very real. During Memorial Day weekend, when we honor those who have died in military service, protecting our nation, let’s consider the word protection.  As we’ve known it in the past, protection was associated with armour, military, guns, walls, … [Read more...]

Tess

I place my mask over my mouth and slide my hands into the blue latex gloves. I determine that the tree is around six feet away from the older woman and so decide to stand over there. This is not some dystopian novel on the shelves of Barnes and Noble, but rather our new normal. In this new normal, we are constantly hearing about this idea of protection. How can we protect ourselves? How can we protect those around us? Our thoughts are consumed by these questions. They keep us up at night as we … [Read more...]