I have been seeing a post pop up on Facebook from yesterday and it makes me wonder, with everything that has been happening this year, will you want to remember?
I have always said if we don’t remember history, it will repeat itself, but what do you think?
Will you be telling future generations about 2020, or just tuck it away as a traumatizing year you would rather forget??
Here is the post that got me thinking about this:
Today is Monday, April 27th. Day 45 of the lock-down because of COVID-19.
The Prime Minister issued a Stay-At-Home-Order and if we must go out, for groceries or prescriptions, we must maintain 6 ft/2 meters distance. No hugging or touching. We spend most of our days chatting online to friends, because we can’t socialize in person.
1 week ago Nova Scotia was rocked with the worst mass murder in Canadian history and not related to the lock-down.
– The Canadian dollar is worth $ 0.71 to the US dollar, 1 euro $1.52 and the pound is worth $1.14 euro.
-Gas is at $0.66/litres.
– Schools have been closed since mid March and teachers are teaching remotely on-line. This will likely continue for the rest of the school year.
– There are lines / tapes inside the stores on the floors to keep people 6 feet apart.
– Bars and restaurants are open only for takeout, home delivery & pick-up.
– Parks, beaches, hiking trails and walk-in places are not accessible to the public.
-Doctors appointments are by telephone or video chat.
– All major and minor league sports competitions have been cancelled as well as kid’s sports.
– All festivals and entertainment events have been banned.
– Weddings, family celebrations and birthdays have been cancelled. Funerals limited to 5 people.
– People are doing drive-by parades to celebrate birthdays!
– Young kids can’t understand why they can only see grandparents & other extended family and friends on a screen or thru a window if someone visits in person or on Face time online.
– Hugs, kisses and handshakes are not exchanged.
– The churches are closed or online.
– Talk show hosts are filming from their basements or front rooms via zoom online
– We have to stay away from each other more than six feet.
– Shortage of disposable masks and gloves in hospitals.
– There are fewer ventilators than there should be.
– People are wearing masks, some places even REQUIRE that you wear them to enter! People are even sewing their own cloth masks for sale or donation to medical facilities.
– Flour, yeast, eggs, Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, bleach, antibacterial wipes and anything Lysol or Clorox is in short supply and limited per person…. IF you can even find them!
– Stores are closing early to disinfect everything. (24 hour stores are even closing by 9pm)
– Store check outs, pharmacies and even fast food drive thru windows have added plexiglas between the employee and the customer.
– Australia, USA, Canada and Europe have closed their borders.
– No one is travelling for leisure. Airports are empty. Tourism has the worst crisis in history.
– Heightened anxiety is exhausting.
Why do I post this?
Next year & then every year after, this status will appear in my Facebook memories feed. And it will be an annual reminder that life is precious & that nothing should be taken for granted. We are where we are with what we have. Let’s be grateful.
