Everything Changed

It is now the end of May and there has been no school since Friday the 13th of March. Today I went to mass at church and received the Eucharist for the first time since March 14th. Life has went on by social distancing and wearing face masks at stores. School is online and having zoom meetings with the Elmwood staff at 2:30 on Mondays since April the 13th. Thanks to Waverly and the CARES Act I am still getting paid because I was a permanent substitute and did not qualify for unemployment because of my GM pension and SS. We have not been able to go to Valpo so we've been doing zoom meetings with the boys once a week. Life changed and we have stayed healthy by being apart from church and school family and most businesses limiting capacity so I've mostly done my grocery trips after taking Simon to work when it is not busy and stores most clean. Only essential businesses have been open until recently with no eating at restaurants or public events held. Over these past 2 months Meijer, Kroger and Aldi have been my contact with the world. When I left school in March I was sure we would be back by May and the same for church. The world has become such a mess and our president has only shown his lack of leadership through the pandemic,economic and social crisis. Since Monday May 25 when George Floyd was knelled by neck to death by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis rioting and protests have spread nationwide as the president tweets fear and anger instead of calming solutions. The far right and left exploit hatred and evil while the true majority seek and want justice for a united America.  No one should be proud of what our country is today and we all need to start correcting the lost path we're headed on! America is not great nor is the president! Our only salvation will be the good people to stand tall against division and work honestly on rebuilding the values that this country is supposed to stand for! The spring has been cool and rainy with our back 40 flooding May 18th after over 2" of rain. This week we had 3 days over over 80 degree weather leading us to put in the air conditioner. 2020 a year never to be forgotten and the changes it has brought will forever make life not to be taken for granted. Jane had her 67th birthday with dinner at home and flowers for the planters.  Worldwide there are 6.1 million cases and 371,000 deaths, 1.8 million cases in the USA with 106,000 deaths and 57,400 cases and 5,500 deaths in Michigan.