While it seems like most of the country, and to a certain
extent, much of the world, has ground to a halt in the wake of COVID-19, life
goes on. It is helpful to try to
maintain some sense of normalcy and routine.
Of course, there are differences.
Online and homeschool instruction for students. Working from home, or finding oneself newly
unemployed. Trying to maintain contact
with friends and family through different means than usual.
And then, there are signs that life and time marches
on. People continue to get married. People continue to have babies. Birthdays still happen, regardless of how
they are celebrated. Anniversaries come
and go. Time waits for no one.
Maybe that is why my nephew and his fiancée decided to move
their wedding to two months earlier than they originally planned. They got married this past weekend in a
private ceremony. My brother and his
fiancée intend to keep their planned wedding date in about a month, with a
smaller private ceremony as well. The
only thing that really has to wait is the reception.
It is a good reminder for all of us that even though things
are drastically different right now in some ways, in other ways, we continue on
as we always have. And this is also a
chance for us to be grateful for all the things we tend to take for
granted. Who knows when we might wake up
and those things are gone?
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