I wonder: When I began writing family updates in mid-March, would I have been surprised to learn I’d still be writing them in early May? Would I be surprised to know that we’d remain under similar restrictions? I don’t know. But it seems to me that in that stretch of time so much has changed “out there” and so little has changed “in here.” When we finally emerge from this lockdown, we will be emerging into a very different world. My few forays into stores have already given glimpses of a mask-wearing, plexi-glassed, socially-distanced, slow-paced world. Will it be this way for months? Years? Forever? Who knows.
You probably won’t be shocked to know that not too much has changed in the Challies home. Our provincial government is taking a cautious approach to re-opening, and we are still under basically the same conditions as in the past update, and the one before that, and the one before that. Basically, we are being asked to stay home and not to do anything beyond essential tasks. And so I’ve mostly stayed put except for walks around the neighborhood and the very occasional trip to the store.
My older daughter is
To continue...read the full-length post originally published on this site.
