Hello friends!  I miss seeing you in person!

This is indeed a crazy time we are living in.  Yesterday I had a record breaking seven zoom meetings between my girls dance classes, school class meetings, art lesson, tele-health appointment, and a Daisy scout mother/daughter tea time.  Strange times.  I love the fact that people are uniting & reaching out for community via computer screens, but it is totally strange too.

It is weird to see people driving cars wearing masks (which I don’t really understand), lines of people outside stores sporting masks, and in drive-thrus donning masks.  This period of history being written is layered with strokes of weirdness, uncertainty, fear, hope, unity, and division all at once.  It is comforting to know that the one holding the plume-feathered pen is more powerful than all of the media and mass hysteria polluting our minds.  Praise God!

I was inspired to write the following poem because of the tension we are living in.  Don’t isolate, my friends.  Stay connected.  Stay informed.  Stay as sane as possible.  Stay grounded in the word of God.  Keep making art and music.  And, remember YOU are valuable.

Masks

Social distancing

Sheltering in place

Wash your hands

Don’t touch your face

Stay six feet away

Wherever you are

But make sure you stay home

Don’t go very far

Reach out to community

Face time family & a dear friend

Spend time solo

Create, dream, and pretend

Don’t hide who you truly are behind your mask

God designed you so wonderfully for this task

You were created for such a time as this

Speak out and stand up for things that break you or give you bliss

When life begins to change & we slowly emerge from this time apart

Don’t be defined by the masks that you wear

You are made to be seen and for others to know your heart

You are an irreplaceable treasure

The height and depth of this —

No human can measure.