Long time no speak! If you’re an inhabitant of Planet Earth, then you know the deal. We have been Quarantining and Social distancing since March 12th and just last Friday our community went from being in the yellow to the green with the cases of the Covid-19.

I personally had an uncle and cousin live through the virus. My father lost two of his cousins, a friend of mine lost her mother due to the complications due to prior medical history, a neighbor of mine lost his life weeks after his own brother succumbed to sickness. My father in law lost two of his siblings and an in law. If you or anyone you know have been affected by the virus and the shut down of businesses (loss of work etc) I send you my love.

Home schooling kicked my ass those first weeks. Teaching a 6 year old boy (an Aquarius!) was rough. We had arguments, we fought, and tears were shed from both of us lol. But we made it through! He made it through the rest of the weeks and has become such a good reader. He’s also very bright with Math. I am thankful to his teachers and his school district for the support and help. Now that those days are behind us… Its been nicer these days though because now people can actually be around each other. Still maintaining the precautions of washing our hands, not touching our faces, keeping fingers out of our eyes and mouths… Noses too for others lol. And he can go back to playing with children his age. He’s been getting to know the neighbor’s kids. The ones across from us have 4 and there are others that come over. Its cute because many of the adults from the block (grandparent age range, parents, late 20s) take turns watching the street and making sure the cars slow down when they drive through. Children really do bring people together, and add such a beautiful je ne se pais to their surroundings. He’s an only child so it makes my heart smile.

Here are some pictures. They’re not in any special order. But these are a few of the many things I’ve enjoyed & am thankful for so welcome to ‘Thankful Tuesdays’:

Nature has been refreshing and welcoming to us all during this time, Adrian has outgrown his bicycle and his new one arrived this afternoon, and that’s my boy in his small floatee lol hey, it still works, but it was an impromptu pool day at Joe’s supervisor’s house. We had it alllllll to ourselves. The water was 72 degrees and yeah I didn’t fully submerge lol.