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In the Same Storm

How has COVID-19 been treating your family?  Have you been cherishing the moments together as a family, laughing, snuggling, and playing more?  Or have you been scared, yelling, frustrated, and just trying to get through each day so that you can go to bed for as long as possible before starting all over?  Maybe you are having a mixture of these days.  Maybe the good outweighs the bad.  Or maybe for your family the bad is taking over with just a few days of happiness mixed in to keep you going.

Either way, KEEP GOING.  We are all going through something, but it is not the same as anyone else.  I read this quote the other day, "We are all in the same storm, but we are not all in the same boat." It resonated so much in life right now, and I am thinking that it is the same for so many of us. We are facing the same "COVID STORM" but everyone of us has a different set of circumstances.

Have you lost your job?  Are you working from home, or do you have an essential position so now you are working harder then ever? 
Are you homeschooling, or do you live alone?
This list of questions goes on, and on, and on....


There is so much that is the same about the situation we are in.  We are all at risk of catching this disease, we are all being asked to stay home, we are all having extracurricular activities cut down to nothing, but that does not make it the same for us.  So, please, be kind.  Don't judge others for the decisions they are making.  Focus on yourself.  Become the best you.  Do what you can to make the most of this time.  

What is the worst part of the storm for you?  Do you think that your best friend feels the same way?  Would you judge them if they don't?

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