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Coronavirus..Facebook Author Post #1
We are all grieving today. Grieving freedom, fearlessness, and our future. This is no small thing.
No matter how this resolves, we will never again believe "it can't happen to me. " We will be like
our grandparents and parents who held onto their Great Depression habits like transitional
objects, burned into their psyches and soothing those fears. When my mother died, she had very
little money, but, as I joked to my brother, it was deposited in small savings accounts, a few
hundred dollars apiece, in every bank in Southern Maine.
I want to be intentional with my grief, and the habits I develop in response to it. I want them to
be based on kindness and sharing, first with my neighbors, then in a wider circle if I can.
Interdependence is how we will all survive. I want to reach out and a weave a few strands into
that safety net near me.
I want deprivation to become appreciation. As the cans dwindle in my pantry cabinet, I do not
want to rush to replace them, but maybe dig a few rows deeper, and use up the excess that is
always there" just in case."
I want time to be a gift, not a weight on my hands. I want to be planful and thoughtful about how
I use it. I can read, and write, things that always give me pleasure. But at least once a day, I want
to do something I would not do if life were normal.... Listen to the opera CD we brought back
from Vienna when we went on an anniversary trip years ago and saw 4 performances in a long
weekend..... organize a "can you guess whose baby picture this is??" FaceTime with my
granddaughters, who are holed up in a remote ski area, unable to ski, but not able to return home
to Manhattan either.
So yes, I will do my share of cleaning drawers, and watching movies, and things that pass the
time. But time passes without my help.
So I do not want to "pass" the time. I want to spend it wisely, invest it in memories, and feelings
and experiences that make this virus seed something more than fear.
Grief is about all the things we cannot get back.
And about finding ways to accept that change and be grateful for what it brings.
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How's Your Week Going? COVID-19 Story Archive
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Coronaviruses
Sagadahoc County (Me.)
Epidemics
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How’s Your Week Going? is an ongoing online storytelling event. Whether you live, work, or feel at home in Sagadahoc County, you’re invited to tell us a story about how the COVID-19 epidemic is affecting you and your community.
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Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room. Patten Free Library (Bath, Me.)
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Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room. Patten Free Library (Bath, Me.)
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2020-
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Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room. Patten Free Library (Bath, Me.)
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MC 002 Series 1
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2020-
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Coronavirus..Facebook Author Post #1
We are all grieving today. Grieving freedom, fearlessness, and our future. This is no small thing.
No matter how this resolves, we will never again believe "it can't happen to me. " We will be like our grandparents and parents who held onto their Great Depression habits like transitional objects, burned into their psyches and soothing those fears. When my mother died, she had very little money, but, as I joked to my brother, it was deposited in small savings accounts, a few hundred dollars apiece, in every bank in Southern Maine.
I want to be intentional with my grief, and the habits I develop in response to it. I want them to be based on kindness and sharing, first with my neighbors, then in a wider circle if I can. Interdependence is how we will all survive. I want to reach out and a weave a few strands into that safety net near me.
I want deprivation to become appreciation. As the cans dwindle in my pantry cabinet, I do not want to rush to replace them, but maybe dig a few rows deeper, and use up the excess that is always there" just in case."
I want time to be a gift, not a weight on my hands. I want to be planful and thoughtful about how I use it. I can read, and write, things that always give me pleasure. But at least once a day, I want to do something I would not do if life were normal.... Listen to the opera CD we brought back from Vienna when we went on an anniversary trip years ago and saw 4 performances in a long weekend..... organize a "can you guess whose baby picture this is??" FaceTime with my granddaughters, who are holed up in a remote ski area, unable to ski, but not able to return home to Manhattan either.
So yes, I will do my share of cleaning drawers, and watching movies, and things that pass the time. But time passes without my help.
So I do not want to "pass" the time. I want to spend it wisely, invest it in memories, and feelings and experiences that make this virus seed something more than fear.
Grief is about all the things we cannot get back.
And about finding ways to accept that change and be grateful for what it brings.
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Coronavirus
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Grief
Families
Creator
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Plouffe, Mary E.
Date
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2020-05-06
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The creator of this item has given permission to Patten Free Library to add the materials to the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room collection where they will be made accessible to researchers in accordance with US Copyright Law; non-exclusive rights to make use of the materials, in whole or in part, in support of its non-profit, educational mission; and permission to share the materials with partner organizations for non-profit, educational use. Copyright is retained by the authors of items, or their descendants, as stipulated by the United States copyright law.
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application/pdf
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English
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Personal narratives
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2020.02.009
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Cumberland (Me.)
Cumberland (Me.)
Families
Grief