Once again, like one of my most recent posts, I am going to be switching gears and write about the word-wide pandemic we’re in right now.
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m ready to get out of my house and get life back to normal. And my family is also ready. I decided to ask my mother a few questions about her thoughts on the current situation we’re in now.
My mother is currently doing stuff around the house to keep busy. She’s cleaning and keeping the house as close to normal to keep everyone from getting stressed out. She is also giving a lot of thought into planning meals with ingredients we already have so she can limit the amount of times we have to leave to go into the grocery store. Housework isn’t the only thing she does. She’s been knitting and doing puzzles to also help keep her busy.
Almost all of my immediate family is hunkering down at home together. My oldest sister is at her apartment. The presence of my father, sisters, and myself is what is helping my mother cope throughout this pandemic. Our three cats are also helping and providing entertainment for everyone here.
The cats are one thing that still feels normal in my mothers life. Her daily routine of feeding them hasn’t changed a bit. However, the lesser fun task of laundry hasn’t changed. If anything, it’s increased with everyone home. I guess there are some annoying tasks that even a world-wide pandemic can’t stop…
When I asked her about what doesn’t feel normal, my mother replied with “the world seems like a much scarier place”. I’m sure we can all relate to her when she said that and I also think we can all agree with her that the news has become scary too. As said in previous posts, my sisters and I are usually very busy. With this quarantine, we are all home and this, even though it’s nice, is another thing that feels unnormal to my mother.
My mother has never been through anything like this. She told me “The closest thing I have experienced to this has been working in an isolation ward at a hospital. This is way different because I can’t just clock out and go home to my normal life. This is totally worldwide and it feels like there’s no escape.” It seems crazy to me that our everyday life now reminds my mother at her time working in the hospital. I myself didn’t think it would get this bad.
The last question I asked my mother made her sort of try to predict the future. I asked her if she thinks that everything will go back to normal and what kind of things she believes she will change. She told me that she doesn’t believe that everything will go completely back to normal. She believes that after this is all over, people will forever be more cautious. Every aspect of our lives will be different, from going out to eat to just general socialization. People won’t take for granted the safe life we used to have. She also believes that people will loose a bit of trust and innocence from this pandemic. People won’t feel as safe with small gestures, such as a simple handshake.
I hope all of my readers are being safe. This is all for this post. Remember, stay inside and just be patient. This, like all other bad things, will too pass ! 🙂
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