Five summers later, the trail looks the same—but everything has changed. In this tender reflection, Katie revisits the early pandemic days of parenting, co-regulation, and grief, and reminds us what it means to keep showing up. #Healing #COVIDReflections #TheWarmHearth
Beautifully written as always. These 5 years since covid have gone by quickly. Reading Katie's prose reminds me of that summer: face masks, anxiety about going outside, chasing, catching and returning chickens to where they belonged, taking online classes at Yale, helping a former colleague find a judge to perform a wedding ceremony, and attending that ceremony in the front yard. It was also the time where my sister, brother in law and I moved my mom and her husband into assisted living AND then that place closed ranks so none of us could visit or come inside and my mom and her husband had to isolate. A new normal came into being: one where too many people died. A time of reckoning after George Floyd's murder. That covid summer ended with me finding and adopting Barkley and discovering his fear aggressiveness and ability to open refrigerator doors.
So, thank you for allowing space for us all to never forget what that summer was. Each of us has had a different experience that needs to be honored.
Beautifully written as always. These 5 years since covid have gone by quickly. Reading Katie's prose reminds me of that summer: face masks, anxiety about going outside, chasing, catching and returning chickens to where they belonged, taking online classes at Yale, helping a former colleague find a judge to perform a wedding ceremony, and attending that ceremony in the front yard. It was also the time where my sister, brother in law and I moved my mom and her husband into assisted living AND then that place closed ranks so none of us could visit or come inside and my mom and her husband had to isolate. A new normal came into being: one where too many people died. A time of reckoning after George Floyd's murder. That covid summer ended with me finding and adopting Barkley and discovering his fear aggressiveness and ability to open refrigerator doors.
So, thank you for allowing space for us all to never forget what that summer was. Each of us has had a different experience that needs to be honored.
Thanks for sharing your perspective, Danise!