August's COVID update

I really despise COVID 19. Not going to even pretend to like it. I've found some good things like being with my family more and not running around with my head cut off, but I still don't like it.  And now, now my kids don't get to go to 6th, 8th or 10th grades with their friends in their respective schools. I will follow and obey and not fight the system, but it stinks. It's truly life altering and I live in a first world country with freedoms and opportunities. As you can see from my posts, we still live our lives. We mask when required or when it appears appropriate, but we don't sit around, we don't keep our kids away from their friends or extra curriculars. We are disappointed when things are cancelled, but we still live our lives as normally as we possibly can.  

Everyone has a space to do their work. We have no other real information other than they need a computer/chrome book. Well, check! Anything else? Hopefully friends can get together to study or do work or have class time in our home or other homes. Hopefully some activities like swim and soccer can continue. We've been fortunate enough to participate in sports this summer. 

I'm sad, but I'm grateful I don't have to make all the decisions about millions of people. I realize that my job is to love and protect my kids. Religiously, I feel like we are getting closer to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. There are so many signs of the times. Satan is getting stronger through the evils of others. Some of the horrible picketing, the vile words that come out of peoples mouths, the posts, the anger toward our fellow man. It's horrible. Then there are earthquakes and locus and killer bees and fires. Then there's no in person church, no temples, no real opportunities for good people to gather. For heaven's sake even Alex's soccer tournament next weekend will have no parents on the sidelines!!!

We continue to have our weekly cheapie church and Alex taught a lesson this past week which brought the spirit pretty strongly into the room. We are grateful to partake of the sacrament and remember our Savior each week. 

So many thoughts and feelings, but we keep on keepin' on. I keep seeing a few patients a week, Travis keeps working from home. We will play soccer until we can't. We will start school in our home. We will go to a quick sacrament meeting in our building on the 4th Sunday of each month which was more comical than anything else this past month as people tried to eat bread with masks on; I digress. We will not be beaten. I won't dwell on the negative, I'll keep trying to help my kids see good things in the world and keep trying to serve others when opportunities arise. It's all we can do.