Subj : Re: Isolation Diary
To   : Mike Powell
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Wed Apr 01 2020 19:41:02

-=> Quoting Mike Powell to ALL on 27-Mar-2020 10:56 <=-

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

Times like this can bring out the best in people as well as the
worst.... :) 

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

That is really sweet.... apparently they let the kids know to watch for
them to drive by... :)

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

Now that is really neat... :)  Making some really nice lemonade out of
the lemons this situation has handed us... :)  A 5-year-old is maybe old
enough to realize the situation, but this made it a special occasion all
the same... :)  And lessened the kid's isolation just a little... :)

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

I suppose it will be part of our vocabulary for a while now... Best to
be somewhat safe, nice to be a part of things, though, even if only from
a distance.... :)

 MP> Something else I heard on a conference call regarding people who are
 MP> working from home with young children also home from school.  Since
 MP> the kids can't go see their grandparents, they have a daily morning
 MP> "video conference call" with the grandparents.  They do that in one
 MP> room while the parent is able to get meetings, work, etc., done in
 MP> another room. 
 MP> So they have a daily scheduled meeting just like their parent does. :) 
 MP> I thought that was a neat idea, not only for parents with kids but
 MP> also for kids who are maybe used to being able to spend time with loved
 MP> ones that they currently are not able to.

That does work nicely... on multiple levels.... :)  

Thank you for sharing those with us.... :)

ttyl        neb

.... It is the "etc." you have to watch out for.

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