At the same time, it is terrifying to feel that we are as a society totally unmoored, adrift at sea, with a diseased and corrupt captain not quite at the helm. And if we somehow make it through without too much damage, they will try to make us forget, to erase the time when an abdication of leadership caused everything to stop, and teeter on the edge of collapse. So we need to document what happened, so we always remember.”
Yet, there are many bright moments in this…increased family time, enjoying our eldest daughter before she heads off to college, cooking together, reading more books, and enjoying the outdoors more as a family. But let’s be certain, I wish it didn’t take a global pandemic for us to slow down. But through it all, I have seen the good come out of it…so many helpers. Robert being one of the very best. Thank you for doing this and raising so much money for the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation and including us in your project!”
“It has been a time of challenge, togetherness, and creativity as we’ve moved Darden’s residential MBA Program online and tried to figure out how to support our local theater and performing arts community after having to go dark for the remainder of the season. It has been a reminder of how fortunate we are, a reminder of how much we love this community, and it’s been a reminder of how much this wonderful community has given our family. We hope to be able to return these many gifts however we can. After re-binge watching Fleabag, one of our favorite quotes keeps sticking out–“People are all we’ve got.” We’ve got to take care of our people.”
“Our son is in the high risk category with Type 1 Diabetes, so we have really been avoiding everyone and everything since the beginning of March. When Robert came by, we really hadn’t spoken to someone else in person for weeks. I know he was in a hurry and had a schedule to keep, but he just listened to us blabber about nothing for a good 15 minutes. We really appreciate the fact that he is raising money for the community while also helping us capture this strange time in our lives.”
“My husband and I both work in the hospital. Going to work and caring for sick patients is always challenging on a good day, but healthcare as seen through the lens of COVID adds a thousand additional layers of complexity. Whose surgery is more important to do today, and whose can wait until the summer? Can my patient’s questions be answered with a phone call instead of a visit? How will unemployment and stay-at-home orders affect their ability to care for themselves? What if that patient’s fever was from COVID and not from a UTI?
Staying at home and distancing ourselves from family and friends has been incredibly difficult in another way, but we have found a silver lining in the hours and days we have spent watching our 9-month old daughter grow. #thefrontstepsproject has really been something to look forward to in an otherwise mundane (yet anxious) existence. This photo will be a reminder of an all too interesting time in our lives where there were few smiles and too many tears, but always the promise of life and springtime around the corner.”
“As a parent of young adults, this time has us all struggling to support them without interfering in their independence. FaceTiming a child from 6 states away is hard! But thank goodness for the technology we do have.” ~ Debbie
Through the amazing support of our wonderful neighbors and friends, we’ve been really lucky and we’ve been able to stay safe at home. Rest, healing and love are getting us through and I am practicing my gardening and baking skills. Broken bones are healing and we will too.”
We walked to our front porch for these pictures because people we’ve grown to love were doing something right and something good. On our front porch steps I looked into Stacy’s eyes and tried to reconcile my behavior with the overwhelming love I feel for her.
Stacy walks out our door each morning, down these steps, and goes to the clinic and cares for her patients every day, just as she has for all these many years. And I work from our kitchen table each day, as I have for all these many years. But now when Stacy Lynn comes home I sit In fear, if only for a moment, as she walks through the door. I’m afraid she’s going to tell me that she has a fever, that she’s developed a cough. We’ve accepted that because of her work she will contract the virus. But I guess when it comes right down to it, I haven’t really accepted my own desperate fear. I cannot lose her.”
Wow, wow, wow….that is what this day was all about! Kelly and Justin’s wedding was a perfect blend of old and new traditions, with a ceremony at St. Peter’s Catholic Church and a reception at District Winery. There is so much to love about this wedding and this couple!
