Issue Four Summer 2020
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Therapist, or a BCBA, yet I have had<br />
to fill out all those roles at home. That’s<br />
gangster.<br />
I cry more easily. And Laugh more liberally.<br />
I know that we will be ok. My<br />
heart breaks for people that are genuinely<br />
suffering. We are all doing the<br />
best we can. I still bury the measuring<br />
stick every day and inevitably and irreverently,<br />
on a bad day, dig it up and<br />
start measuring.<br />
I know that I am willing to sit in the<br />
drive-through line at Starbucks for<br />
over an hour to get an espresso I could<br />
make at home, just to feel normal. I’ve<br />
also learned that I tend to be a dedicated<br />
rule follower, my friends. Because of<br />
a line cutting incident, I’ll share with<br />
you all another time, my partner now<br />
calls me the Line Police. Yep. That was<br />
not my best moment. I wasn’t the cutter..<br />
and I was alone in the car. Kid free.<br />
Just sayin’. I also know the joy of hiding<br />
in that same car and sharing that experience<br />
with one of my closest mates-<br />
ALL of it.. and laughing until tears<br />
came out. Happy ones. Those women<br />
are my Glitter and Glue.<br />
I’ve seen such acts of bravery at home.<br />
My perception of the resilience of children<br />
has changed so much. I’ve also<br />
witnessed the collective Glitter and<br />
Glue of many communities. Helping<br />
each other. Being so brave. After all<br />
this, I was starting to lose my perspective.<br />
Then it hit me. We all have a choice in<br />
this Pandemic. We are going to come<br />
out of this eventually. In the meantime,<br />
we will either muddle through or set<br />
an intention to grow into and embrace<br />
a new normal. One we may never have<br />
imagined before. I’ve faced both!<br />
I’m proud of everyone who’s keeping<br />
this world turning. I’m trying not to<br />
give in to fear and limiting my own<br />
consumption of the news, staying in<br />
the moment in front of me, where my<br />
feet are. Despite the uncertainty and<br />
change, I have found moments of clarity<br />
and things to just embrace, no matter<br />
how out of the norm they seem, opportunity,<br />
and space to set an intention<br />
for evolution.<br />
We can do hard things!<br />
And I most definitely know I’m getting<br />
Botox when this is all over.<br />
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