NOTES FROM THE INSIDE #8
It’s strange, there’s
all this glum stuff being said on the news, so much in fact that it would make
someone want to give up on our country and head for Canada.
There’s two problems
with this though, 1) Canada won’t take anyone trying to cross the border and 2)
running away won’t solve any problems, either nationally or individually. Yet I
still see a lot of things that give me hope.
I saw a lot of people
shopping at Wal Mart the other day, a majority of whom were wearing masks and
gloves. There were even lines on the floor either telling people to go one way
down each aisle or to stay 6 feet or a carts length apart from everyone else. I
didn’t notice what any of them were buying but it was good just to see people
out and about.
I also saw kids around
my neighborhood playing outside again which is great to see given the current
climate. There were even some people sitting on their front stoops outside
their houses, some of them talking to some people, from a distance of course,
Some of them sitting in a chair having a drink.
I even saw more cars
on the road then before, not too much more but more than there’s previously
been. There’s even been more people heading to the supermarket, Target, Wal
Mart or getting take out from local restaurants. So, things are starting to get
back to some semblance of normal, at least they are where I am, I don’t know
about anywhere else.
What I do know is that
when everything opens up again I hope that both businesses and people act
responsibly because the virus is still out there and it’s not going to go away
just because everything is open once again.
