And life will go on, nonetheless.

           I saw the picture above posted this week on twitter, and it really got me thinking. As we have moved through weeks of this craziness now, many thoughts, feelings, and emotions have come and gone, and then come back again.  I have certainly heard more about ventilators, N95 masks, “flattening the curve”, social distancing, contact tracing, “New Normal”, “Unprecedented”, “Front-Line Heroes” then I ever thought I would.  These things we hear about every day are constant reminders of the crazy time we are in.

And yet…LIFE WILL GO ON, NONETHELESS. 

This week a good friend lost her sister to Covid-19.  Its one thing to hear about number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths each day in the daily briefing, it is another thing when there is a name and a loved one attached to those items.  For the families and friends of those who have lost a loved one, I cannot imagine the feeling of helplessness that must occur when you cannot protect, help, or even see those in a hospital. 

And yet…LIFE WILL GO ON, NONETHELESS.

That feeling of helplessness has reminded me these last few weeks that it has been 10 years this year since we lost my mom to cancer.  I remember the weeks and months that followed: waiting for the phone to ring, to hear her voice, to listen to her unsolicited advice…and those things never came.  I remember sitting with my Dad at the kitchen table during the days that followed the funeral, talking about what comes next, wanting it to not be true, wishing there had been another outcome.

And yet…LIFE WILL GO ON, NONETHELESS. 

There has been much discussion over the last week of when to “re-open” the county…Yesterday, the Governor of Georgia made the announcement that some things will “re-open” here as we move into next week.  The uncertainty of what comes next, is this a good decision, a bad decision…kind of makes my head spin. 

And yet…LIFE WILL GO ON, NONETHELESS. 

Winston Churchill once said, “Now is not the end.  It is not even the beginning of the end.  But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning”.  Not sure if we are at the beginning, the middle, or the end of this crazy, but one thing I am sure of…

LIFE WILL GO ON, NONETHELESS.