A letter from April 19th, 2020

Just so I NEVER forget..... April 19, 2020 -Gas price a mile from home was $1.36 -School cancelled - yes cancelled (students left March 13 and wouldn’t return) -Self-distancing measures on the rise. -Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6ft) from each other. -Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors. -Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed. -Parks, trails, entire cities locked up. -Entire sports seasons cancelled. -Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled. -Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled. -No masses, churches are closed. -No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now no gatherings of 5 or more. -Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home. -Children's outdoor play parks are closed. -We are to distance from each other. -Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers. -Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill. -Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towel no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer. -Shelves are bare. -Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE. -Government closes the border to all non-essential travel. -Fines are established for breaking the rules. -Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients. -Press conferences daily from the President. -Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths. -Government incentives to stay home. -Barely anyone on the roads. -People wearing masks and gloves outside. -Essential service workers are terrified to go to work. -Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families. This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11th, 2020. Why, you ask, do I write this status? One day it will show up in my memory feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted. We have so much! Be thankful. Be grateful. Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone. We are all one! ❤️