Day 2 – Shelter-in-Place

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We men and women are all in the same boat, upon a stormy sea. We owe to each other a terrible and tragic loyalty.

G.K. Chesterton, Volume 28 of The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton

Yesterday was a quiet Saint Patrick’s day at home. We did some crafts, read stories, played legos, went for a walk with friends (with plenty of distance!) and checked on all our older neighbors out gardening and walking about.

I’d like to say we played dress up, but nope. This is just how she dressed for the day, walk and all. We did add green sweatpants, and one red and one pink rain boot to complete the ensemble before heading outside.
This is a house co-located at a water treatment facility. There is a sink with a faucet and soap pump, and a toilet with sewer pipes and a flusher. Not pictured: all the piping surrounding the house, and the water treatment facility.

Max is on a Boxcar Children reading / listening run, so I got him a new audiobook today so I could get some work done while Hazel napped. He likes to put on his headphones and build legos, or just sit by me and listen. After work, we all went for a run / bike ride to the playground to move. We saw friends from church there and it was nice to catch up (from a distance)!

Around 3 in the afternoon, we were placed under shelter-in-place orders, which basically means no non-essential errands. We can still go for walks though, so I am still so grateful there are plenty of beautiful places to walk here, and that we have a large backyard! I spent much of the day overwhelmed with gratitude that this situation is nothing more than inconvenient for us (and even has perks – like no commuting and spending more time together!). My heart breaks for those experiencing real loss and pain right now, as businesses close and people become sick or even just isolated. My prayer is that we reach out to others during this time and share their pain, that no one feels like they are in this alone.

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