It’s no secret that my pops and I have had a challenging relationship. I’ve wrote about it before. There’s been, in my opinion, many understandable reasons why.
But, with everything that’s going on in this moment and everything that’s about to come, the thought of my Dad living out there in a van somewhere while all this is happening became overwhelmingly absurd.
It would be a possible death sentence for him. He fits that that high-risk demographic and this virus could ravish him.
No bathrooms easily accessible, food opportunities becoming more scarce with everything closing. It would be a matter of time before he would be standing in some line with others waiting for something he needs. Putting himself at risk.
I asked my dad to come live with us tonight, until this passes.
When he arrived here tonight, we had dinner and caught up after a spell. Then I called a family meeting.
I told my girls and my father of what’s about to happen. How we are all going to be living with each other, with very little interaction to outside world, for a while.
I don’t know how long.
This is something that we are going to take very seriously. We have to do our part to reduce the possible spread or infection from this dumb virus.
I was very real and straight with them all. Washing our hands, social distancing, hand sanitizing, and sheltering-in-place will be our lives for the next while.
At the same time, we’re going to use this opportunity to really make the best of it. To expand our level of knowledge about things we never knew.
Explaining to them about how Grandpa spent his life building beautiful things with this hands and fixing other things. There are so many things he is going to be able to teach you guys that will help you one day.
Also, there will be reading, art, some type of exercise, and whatever else we can learn that will expand our understanding of the universe. So, lots of watching The Cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson. 😂
The point is, I see there is a critical opportunity here to move forward with strengthening my family and my home. To try and make the most good out of this crazy time and learn new things about ourselves.
Providing a positive bubble in our home that has more acceptance signals bouncing around than rejection signals.
When this passes, I believe we will all be so much more grateful for the things we had all this time. And whatever issues we thought drove us apart before will become something of the past.
We’ll find a way to bounce back from this like we’ve always done before. I have a feeling we’ll find out that we’re actually closer together than we having been feeling we are.
Be safe out there.
Let’s be like Singapore as much as possible!
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