The New Reality

Session met in Mom’s house last night,  the last time for an undetermined time.  They all left in tears, carrying the burden of how their decisions will be affecting our church family, and the families and employees of Little School of the Desert.  The Governor’s mandate to stay at home effects us all, in this entire State.  Those of us among the elderly have already self isolated, and now hundreds of thousands more will be doing the same.

September 11, 2001 changed society as we knew it here in the United States, and ramped up security around the world. The Corona Virus will change our lives forever, around the world. Even if we don’t catch the virus (and the Governor predicted that half the population would, if critical measures are not taken) we are all affected by the uncertainty of these times. How bad will it get? How long will it last? What will happen to our personal finances?....And the world economy?

This is a good time to reflect on the world as our community and where we have been taking it.  Let’s make this an opportunity to change the direction and become a kinder world.  Isolation has not changed our ability to reach out to each other by phone and the internet to share our love and encouragement.  My hope and prayer is that we emerge from this event as better people, one person at a time.

Liz Meyer