One Way or Other ...

Gloria Faye Brown Bates
@GrannyGee (3517)
Louisburg, North Carolina
May 4, 2020 9:10am CST
For the past several days Skip hasn't felt well ... when he doesn't feel well it affects me ... a lot. I find myself sleeping a lot more than I normally do. I have done this since we have been experiencing this new way of living ... and all the deaths, suffering ... I can't make myself not think of others. I imagine how it feels to have to go to the hospital and the family be kept away ... people die alone. The sad thing is ... Skip won't go to the doctor nor ER because he is afraid of not coming back home. He, like I ... watch what happens when someone enters the hospital. Everyone needs someone to make sure all is good with the patient, loved one. Yes, I know this is a dangerous time and it would help to spread the virus if loved ones were present. I think about how after the loved one passes away ... and all the things we have seen on the news ... that happens to their remains. Some people say well ... they are dead they don't know what's going on. I say I understand when there are so many people who expire ... what to do with their remains. I just think in my humble opinion ... to make sure the remains aren't hidden off in some place until discovered. People want to know where their loved ones went. At least give them that information if you take their opportunity away to be there with them until the last moment. Someone should be recording all that information ... Just all these things and so many more I worry about. I worry for young families making it through these times. They have been working hard to raise their families, pay for homes, vehicles ... make sure their children have everything they never had. Now ... everything came to a screeching halt. No one has any money unless previously wealthy. These sound all negative ... but, there is positive. Beautiful where there is so much ugly. People during this time are seeing their neighbors, the family has become important, time is spent with family where before they were living such a fast-pace life ... life that was only getting faster and faster ... less time to sleep, rest. Activities, meetings, so many things everyone in such a rush to get to every day. No one had time to just sit, relax. Look at the people who risk their lives to care for the sick ... people who entertain, give their time, talent to cheer others. People who feed others, volunteer to make others' lives better. My mind is in overload much of the time thinking, worrying about things ... all because I truly care. If I didn't care ... I think I would be a very cold person. I'm completely opposite. I've noticed I'm not the only one affected by all that is new in our lives. I'm not the only one who it affects mentally ... where you worry about the future ... future of young families, senior citizens ... everyone. All I can say is that in my whole life no matter how bad, how long it takes ... somehow, some way ... things do get alright one way or the other.
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@arunima25 (84953)
• Bangalore, India
4 May 20
Hope Skip gets well soon. We all are living in a scary and uncertain situation right now. Let's stick to the faith . This too shall pass.
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@GrannyGee (3517)
• Louisburg, North Carolina
5 May 20
Yes, you are right. Thank you.
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@arunima25 (84953)
• Bangalore, India
6 May 20
@Dena91 (15776)
• United States
5 May 20
Praying for Skip and you
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@GrannyGee (3517)
• Louisburg, North Carolina
5 May 20
Thank you.
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@cherriefic (10401)
• Philippines
4 May 20
It will pass somehow.
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@GrannyGee (3517)
• Louisburg, North Carolina
5 May 20
Yes.
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@whiteream (8570)
• United States
5 May 20
Yes, you just have to be strong. I know it's not easy, but sometimes it will get better.
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@GrannyGee (3517)
• Louisburg, North Carolina
5 May 20
Yes, thank you.
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