Living in a Time of Covid

We are anxious and fearful because we don’t know how the coronavirus will affect us or change our world. The normal pattern of our life has been disrupted, and we don’t know for how long. We feel unprepared to deal with something as large as this, and we’re tired, angry, and scared. 

 

We know that people are getting sick from the virus, and some are dying, and they are having to die alone because loved ones aren’t allowed to be with them to offer comfort. We worry about our health care workers who are putting their lives on the line to take care of the sick, working extra shifts until they're exhausted, and doing so without adequate protection.

 

The Gift of Presence

            Many grief books are not about grieving. They’re about dying, or having to take care of children as a single parent with grief set to the side. Or they’re self-help books geared for later in grief when you’re ready to come out and want ideas for how. A book by Joanne Cacciatore, a bereavement counselor, helps you deal with grief in the first year, which is when you need guidance and assurance the most. It’s called Bearing the Unbearable.