Subj : Isolation Diary
To   : ALL
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Mar 27 2020 10:56:00

Well, if you all are tired of hearing all the bad things that are going on
lately, I have been noticing some things that, when times are "normal"
would not be happening but that I think are really nice.

I was out walking yesterday and there was not one, but two parades in my
neighborhood.  One was apparently some primary school teachers driving
around to see their students (from a distance!).  They were honking horns
and hanging out windows. Kids were waiting at the foot of driveways, and at
least one had written a "miss you" message to her favorite teacher in
chalk.

The second, larger one turned out to be for a kid's 5-year birthday.  That
one must have had 15-20 cars!  The family has a corner lot, so the cars
were lined up on both streets, everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to the kid
in the front yard.  When I first saw them, they were all still in
procession, all of them waving at me while I waited to cross the road.  All
of them had balloons and signs on them.  They went around the corner and
parked by the house.

Yes, I social distanced (is that a word?) on both occassions.  :)

Something else I heard on a conference call regarding people who are
working from home with young children also home from school.  Since the
kids can't go see their grandparents, they have a daily morning "video
conference call" with the grandparents.  They do that in one room while the
parent is able to get meetings, work, etc., done in another room.

So they have a daily scheduled meeting just like their parent does.  :)

I thought that was a neat idea, not only for parents with kids but also for
kids who are maybe used to being able to spend time with loved ones that
they currently are not able to.

Mike


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