Staying in the Moment
photo by j. festin Except for one of us, all the rest in our household are fully vaccinated. But because of the delta variant, we still need to be very careful about distancing, not catching something from someone outside. What a life! I can imagine how young children growing up during these times are really growing up in a different world. For a while, we thought that after suffering through the painful effects of the vaccinations, that we could look forward to going out and having a lot more freedom of movement and interaction. But not so. So it is becoming very clear that making a go of our life now has a lot to do with living with this reality of covid. It will be here to stay for a number of years. How many, we really do not know. Even the reality of people getting sick and some dying during these times, we need to make space for. To accept, to live with. To still hold ourselves together in hope, and in faith. As I realise this, I realise too that one key to maintaining...