Broken Like Pottery

In this time of the pandemic, we are fearful, anxious, and scared. Some of us have lost loved ones, jobs, or health care. We struggle to believe that when this is over, we will be able to return to something close to normal. 

Each loss fractures us like pottery. 

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.

 

Dress the Mouse in Black

I’m honored and delighted to be one of three finalists for @Lunch Ticket Journal’s “Diana Woods Memorial Award” for creative nonfiction.

My essay speaks about the need to take your mouse (grief) out of the house now and then. It also surveys the landscape of grief and how religions and cultures have dealt with death and grief over the centuries.

You can read the essay at http://lunchticket.org/dress-the-mouse-in-black/