“I received the nicest package today!” my mother tells me excitedly over the phone. “It couldn’t have arrived at a more perfect time!”
Kleenex, Voltaren, scotch mints, body lotion and a hand drawn picture from a great granddaughter, all bundled and dropped at the entrance to the nursing home, where we are no longer allowed.
My daughter and her family put it together.
Another daughter picks up medications for an elderly neighbour who can’t get out.
Ric is grocery shopping for us and others in the neighbourhood, minimizing exposure.
What can I do?, I wonder, feeling helpless in this state of isolation. It hits me in the middle of the night. Do what I can. Write.
So now I put out a weekly newsletter for our retirement community, 75% of which are widowed individuals. Inviting contributions, I’ve offered to organize and distribute, my mission to keep humour and entertainment the priority.
In these times of physical distancing, staying connected is a greater challenge.
Contribution is the weekly focus.
Look forward to your interpretations.
To participate, create a post on your site, and then drop a link in the comments, or highlight the address to this post and create a link back. Photos, poetry, prose, or any other creative expression is welcome!
One Woman's Quest II 
A Greater Love – https://awisewomansjourney.wordpress.com/2020/04/04/a-greater-love/
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Lovely!
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Good one, Heather.
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Another beautiful write.
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I offer my entire website to you to hopefully inspire those who read your newsletter to never lose the spirit of travel. You can pick and choose.
http://www.onstageformyselfnow.blog
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Thanks usfam – I started following you when my husband and I were also living the travelling life. Appreciate you.
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I am humbly honored by your interest in my blog. Hopefully this era of confinement will end sooner than later. Stay well.
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Agreed.
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My first time out to take photos this year. https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2020/04/03/solace-in-spring/
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Glad you were able to get out – it sure helps.
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It sure does help. 🙂 I was starting to get bored of using my archives all the time.
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I get it.
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Nice one. Glad you have your daughter’s company.
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Here’s my take – https://amanpan.blog/2020/03/31/empowering-courage/
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Well said, as always
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Reblogged this on Eugi's Causerie and commented:
Sharing a beautiful photo from See Norway is like sharing a smile –
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Sorry, this was a whoops! 🙄
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Hahaha – I thought so. As you know, I’ve done them myself
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https://joem18b.wordpress.com/2020/03/30/haiku-349/
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Concise and effective.
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https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2020/03/30/drop-in-the-ocean/
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“individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.” Ryunoske Sataro. (The byline for my newsletter.)
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Reblogged this on Reena Saxena.
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The newsletter is a good idea. I know banking and finance, so I keep creating awareness of what’s happening and the way ahead in a FB group.
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That is very helpful, Reena. Good idea.
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Here’s my take, VJ. Enjoy! https://iwriteher.com/2020/03/30/if-winter-comes/
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To the point!
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VJ, hats off to your newsletter – particularly the focus on humor – what a gift to your community!
In all this mess of lock-down, isolating – my heart is drawn primarily to those shut within nursing homes and hospitals missing face-to-face with loved ones. A necessary cruelty.
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Both my mom and sister are in a nursing – thankfully together. We call daily, but the anxiety is palpable.
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Well said, Jazz–my sentiments exactly!
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