We asked readers to tell us how they’re coping during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, we bring you more of their responses.
My recently retired husband and I do not turn on the news until 5 pm for the local and then 5:30 for the national. Then, the news goes off. We use Zoom, Skype, Viber, email and texting to stay connected with family and friends, to exercise and to continue our former activities as much as we can.
We have our daily inspirational faith-tradition online messages to strengthen and encourage us. We walk together in the afternoon; we have dinner together every night. We take care of ourselves and each other. We hug and hold hands a lot. We also make mistakes all the time like everyone else; it’s not perfect.
We pray daily and realize a new world is being born. We will never be the same and we realize not a day goes by now when we are not invited to love one another. We realize that it’s not what is important, but who is important.
Ramona Krausnick
Dublin
To read other submissions from readers about how they are coping during the coronavirus shutdown, click here.
We also welcome more submissions. Whether you’re working from home, out of work or a critical frontline worker, we’d like to hear from you. Think of this as an opportunity to share with other readers. Not about politics, but about how you’re getting by and how this challenging time affects you.
Send submissions to [email protected]. Please include, for publication, your name and your city, and a horizontal photo of you. Please also include, not for publication, your address and phone number. Please limit your thoughts to 250 words.
