Actual photo of me hitting a wall and my hair in its current quarantine natural state. This has to end soon.
This week, we hit a wall. Did you feel it?
I think it’s safe to say that any novelty related to our country’s pandemic lockdown has officially worn off. Toilet paper jokes are no longer funny. Our children are starting to resemble the children from The Lord of the Flies. We’ve made everything we know how to cook, and then we’ve made it again. Our home gyms are not getting the job done. We’re becoming a disconnected society all while scrambling to fight for a Wi-Fi connection in our neighborhoods.
We’ve reached a boiling point, and we’re wearing on the nerves of our household, and let’s be honest, ourselves.
It’s time… or is it? To roll the dice and reopen the world? Just a little?
Protesters who were once fighting for other causes are spilling out into the streets. The team spirit we enjoyed with memes and hashtags just a week ago seems a little less spirited this week. The Disney Family Singalong?? Yeah…even that felt too late and a little out of touch, even for my Disney-loving self.
The replaying of the same routine, day after day after day, has finally pushed us all to ask ourselves – how much longer can we bear this burden?
I’m not a research scientist or a world leader, so thankfully the tough decisions won’t rest with me, or you. The consequences of these choices will prove to be serious in one way or another, to one group or another. Who plays God and decides who is the least of these? Again, I’m glad it’s not me.
While we all sit idly by, waiting and wondering, let’s cling to the semblance of unity we enjoyed over the last several weeks. And let’s not forget it. Resist the temptation to choose sides and brandish a bullhorn. Opinions are fine. It’s America after all. But regardless of where you stand on these serious issues, be kind, don’t judge, and show some grace. It may seem like we’re all in the same place, experiencing this crisis in the same way, but we’re not.
We can only defeat the virus if we focus on it as one very real, common enemy together. We must give it our best fight as ONE.
Until the day that we celebrate that victory together, stay safe and stay nice America!
Bojangles, my obese cat, who now has his own Instagram page thanks to my boredom during the quarantine. Yes, it’s come to this – Follow him at @mrbojangles21!
Cartwheel Life 