The last week has been a deluge of Coronavirus craziness. It’s been enough to make a grown man want to suck his thumb. Not that I’ve tried it. At least I didn’t before I washed my hands thoroughly for twenty seconds humming the ABC song so that I properly lathered up and washed away all the nastiness of my extremities!
There are many ways we find comfort during trying times. Here are a few I noticed this week.
- We stockpile on everything from cans of corn and beans to bathroom tissue
- We get a little snarky and make REM’s It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) a hit again
- We’ve learned a new phrase and are practicing “social distancing.”
We will get through this and come out better for it. In the meantime, we may have several weeks that will test our emotions and resolve. I feel for the parents that have to scramble to find ways to deal with their kids being out of school. And I know what it’s like to be concerned for aging parents since that is the age group that seems most vulnerable.
Acknowledge your feelings and let’s find ways to comfort each other even if we need to do it from a distance. I won’t fault a child or adult if they resort to thumb sucking while we barrel through. After all, a thumb is gluten free.
