April Reminder

Just so I never forget..... April 2, 2020

-Gas is down under $2.00 for the first time in my life.

-School postponed for now, they are doing it from home online.

-Some seniors won't have their graduation or prom. Some of them won't get to play their sport or concerts for the last time.

-Daycares in AR still open but my Headstart is closed

-Wal-Mart's big home office employees are working from home.

-Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6ft) from each other.

-Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors.

-Stores having open hours just for senior citizens because they are the ones most at risk.

-Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.

-Parks, trails, entire cities locked up.

-Entire sports seasons cancelled.

-Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.

-Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.

-No funerals for those who pass.

-No masses, churches are closed.

-No nursing home visits.

-Having church services online and no church events. Not even on/for Easter.

-Talking to family members near by and far away through video chat.

-No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 10 or more.

-Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home.

-Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.

-Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.

-Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towel no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer.

-Shelves are bare.

-Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.

-Government closes the border to all non-essential travel.

-Fines are established for breaking the rules.

-Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.

-Navy ship docked in New York to help them because hospitals are full.

-Press conferences daily from the President and the governors. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths.

-Government incentives to stay home.

-Barely anyone on the roads.

-People wearing masks and gloves outside.

-Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.

-Essential workers are drs., Nurses, police, firefighters, EMS, teachers, truckers, store cashiers and stockers and preschool teachers.

-Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.

This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11th, 2020.

Why, you ask, do I share this status?

One day it will show up in my memory feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted.

We have so much!

Be thankful. Be grateful.

Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone.

We are all one! ❤️

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