What started out as awareness and good hygiene practices surrounding COVID-19, quickly turned into chaos and hysteria seemingly overnight. It felt like we woke up on Thursday morning of this week with everything panicking. People were fighting over supplies and toilet paper in stores, schools and activities shut down completely, and “social distancing” is being preached to combat the spread of the virus. Since the girls will be out of school for the next several weeks (possibly until the middle of April), my plan is to quarantine outside as much is as humanly possible. For now, I’ll still be teaching classes (until the gyms decide to stop them), but as soon as I get home, if it’s a nice day, we’re going to head outside.
As that was the case on Friday, when I got home from teaching we left to go to Great Falls. The weather was so sunny and warm, and it just felt great to be outside in nature with all the hysteria of the Coronavirus happening. I know the recommendation is to self quarantine as much as possible, but my thinking is that trees, rocks, and nature don’t have the virus, and sun and fresh air are so good for combatting germs in my opinion, so we’re going to try to be outside as much as we can.
It’s a scary time for sure, but being out in nature is also a good reminder that God is in control. Remembering that we are called on to do the best we can in the situations we’re in, but remember that God is sovereign over it all, is a good way to find peace in the chaotic times we’re in right now.
We had an awesome time at Great Falls. I ended up getting a pass for the year, and with as much school as we’ll have off, I think we’ll be back quite a few more times in the near future!
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