Social Distancing Dinner
These are strange times. By the time this Monday Night Dinner occurred, the world was changing. We had not quite reached the time of isolation, but were getting recommendations on social distancing. This new term has come to mean that we cannot see our friends and loved ones, except from a distance. We cannot hold those we love, unless we are isolating with them. A quick run to the store, to pickup something we forgot, gets put aside, as we try to limit our contact. We hate these rules, but follow them as best we can, not for ourselves only, but to protect the most vulnerable. I find myself envious of my dog… He can still play with his friends, while we stand on the periphery of the park. We hear the numbers everyday and it pains us. The losses, the tears, the heartbreak, and we cannot properly comfort those in need. These are strange times, cruel, hard and unprecedented. Life goes on, but in a more limited, quieter, lonelier way.
