it is, really, during the tumult
that one should document ~
yet i have discovered a reluctance
to give this tumult any more of my focus
while navigating through it.
i need some distance. yet...
with distance, i know i will forget
to a degree.
i seem to have put down my camera
during the past six months of the pandemic.
i might snap a quick photo or two on my phone,
but i haven't prowled for a more lasting story
for a number of months.
~ ~ ~
i'm wondering if part of me just doesn't want to remember
~ ~ ~
there was some hopeful transition in late summer,
with Joseph heading back to university,
Samuel engaged in non-virtual work,
and we parents gearing up for our academic years.
but it didn't last, and there were soon
four adults back in our house,
navigating (once again) the space
& all the other negotiations of shared living.
~ ~ ~
in a way, we were (at least from my vantage point)
almost at the 'perfect' place for a year suspended.
our kids still had one foot in the nest, & it was
(relatively)
easy enough for them to put both feet back in
and perch on the edge, waiting
waiting waiting waiting
for their lives to be less entwined with ours.
& i have treasured this bonus time with them
and the time they've had together
~ ~ ~
here are some general statements about the pandemic at home:
* i added a few more mastered cooking items to my repertoire
(& actually discovered i enjoy cooking, at least
when there's really not much else to do)
* thankful for so many things...
continued health / no home-schooling or childcare to figure out /
a house with multiple work spaces / employment for all of us /
and that the COVID-19 vaccines are here!
* nature. nature is the bomb & what is getting us through
* actually, i take that back. my family. my three guys.
they are the bomb
& what is getting me through
~ ~ ~
here are a few photos that may or may not capture all of this
