This new COVID life and all the changes that has happened has not been easy on any of us, however I can only speak from my experiences and my perspective. I have watched so many friends struggle in different ways. It blows my mind that one virus could do so much irreparable damage and I am not talking about medical ramifications of it. I have seen my once thriving city slowly die and turn into a ghost town because we have a Governor who is so wishy washy and cannot make a firm decision or firm plan. I know that many people will not see things as I do and that is ok as we all live different realities, have different priorities, and different perspectives.
Being a single mom, a sole income, has been part of my story for 11.5 years, that portion has not changed and I have always made that work. What has changed is the fact that my son is no longer physically going to school so he sits at home all day by himself, as I work in an office with no work from home option (and to be honest when I used to work from home I didn't enjoy it). My son sits in front of a computer screen for many hours throughout the day, trying to learn from his teachers, who are doing the best they can with the circumstances they are presented, and trying to figure out this middle school life. Not only has the experience of his first year of middle school been taken away, all of his sports have been delayed or cancelled so he went from doing something active every single day to nothing. Sports did not only keep him active, but they taught him important life lessons like team work, how to work with people that you may not enjoy (because as adults we can definitely relate to that ha!), it teaches him strategizing, etc. Now don't get me wrong I know this virus is real, I know people who have caught it, I do not know anyone who has passed as a result from it, however I believe that youth sports should not be shut down and should continue to go on, if they want to add extra precautions, then fine, but our kids are the ones suffering from all of this the most.
I am not only terrified for the future of mental health and the human race, I am terrified for our kids mental health. Yes, spending time alone is good for one's soul, however spending so much time alone is not healthy for anyone, the only way for them to obtain any social interaction is through online videos games or social media (which I do not allow my 11 year old on, he will not have social media until he is an adult because it is so easy to become a keyboard warrior and do irreparable damage to someone, but that is a topic for another post). Human's are made to be social creatures.
I am sure I will get a lot of flack (have already been attacked on my Facebook for my views haha) for how I see this "pandemic" and how I believe things should operate. I know I will get a lot of people who will say "well if everyone wore their masks like they were supposed to..." however, whenever I do go out (no I don't go party or to the bars I got out when it is necessary) I see a majority of people wearing their masks so to me that argument isn't really valid, if the masks worked as well as they are said to then we wouldn't be seeing this spread like it does. My view is that people need to take personal responsibility for themselves and their family. I am also NEVER going to judge someone for having a difference perspective or experience than I do.
I continue to see so many small business close their doors permanently and it breaks my heart that something someone has worked so hard for just be gone in the blink of an eye because someone in "power" is making these decisions. As a citizen of the United States I value my rights and hate seeing someone try to take them away. We need to stand up or this will not go away and we are going to lose everything that people have fought for both past and present.
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