Each family member was interviewed for their thoughts and feelings regarding the coronavirus and subsequent quarantine. Since we are still semi-quarantined, and may be put back on house arrest again soon, the feelings are still fresh.
Without further ado, here is The Worst, The Best, and The Things We Want to Remember:
Sarah-
"The Worst is not going to Church and that everything going on in the world feels really stressful. Also, eating plain pasta everyday in the beginning of quarantine was the worst.
The Best is that I am bonding with my family.
The Thing I Want to Remember is how important it is to trust God for everything. And how Dad beat Crushed Crayfish."
Joseph-
"I can't think of anything that was the worst.
The Best is taking care of all the wolf spiders I find.
The Thing I Want to Remember is the family time we spend together and all the time we've been spending outside."
Thomas-
"The Worst is when everyone disobeyed the law and visited each other while we were staying home. I felt left out and a little upset.
The Best was Sarah's birthday because we caught all the crayfish and played all the video games.
The Thing I Want to Remember is how Baby Crackers came out of her molt." (Claribel the Crayfish lives in my laundry room sink-This is a story for another day.)
Nathan-
"The Worst is when the crayfish die.
The Best is being able to keep Claribel and being able to see Dad every morning.
The Thing I Want to Remember is when I found Claribel in the yard and mom said I could keep her."
Esther-
"The Worst is when Thomas hit my bum with a dart gun.
The Best was Sarah's birthday.
The Thing I Want to Remember is when we dug that huge hole out back."
Danny-
"The Worst is that people died.
The Best is that we go outside all the time.
The Thing I Want to Remember is our family watching the Sonic movie together."
Charles-
"The Worst is going outside.
The Best is eating yogurt.
The Thing I Want to Remember is eating cheese."
Matt-
"The Worst is wondering if we would be able to buy food and then having to Lysol it in the garage. It was bootie.
The Best has been working from home and being around for all the stuff I usually miss when I am at the office.
I always want to remember lunches with the family, kids coming up into the library and interrupting the work day, people bringing up snacks."
The Worst: The incertainty of what was going to happen and not being able to go anywhere or get close to anyone. Also I was worried about all the school children who couldnt go to school and learn their lessons.
ReplyDeleteThe Best: Time. I had time to read, to think, to organize to reconnect with some friends and family and strengthen connections with others, electronically true but connected nontheless.
I always want to remember the Marco Polos!!!! and the flexibility of time and how incredibly important my family and my friends and my God became to me!