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In reply to the discussion: Social distancing -- What do you miss most? [View all]WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)It's one thing to stay at home because I 'want' to or can't get up the energy/motivation and another when I HAVE to stay at home because I MUST (a risk taker I'm not).
Missing hugs and cuddles from my daughter, grandchildren and other family is just plain awful but this feeling of being trapped and stuck so I can't get to them if I'm needed makes it so much worse.
The other thing I really miss is physically going shopping. It's been almost well over a year since the last of my parents died, I'm supposed to 'finally' be getting my portion of the estate and we had all sorts of plans for things we very much need/want to do/repair/replace ASAP. Most of these will be temporarily on hold.
::sigh:: There are so many putting their, and their loved ones, lives in danger out there to fight this, help save lives and make sure we can all have food, power, internet, etc so I try very hard not to think about things I am or will be missing out on right now. Unfortunately every now and then my inner gremlins instigate a bit of a pity party until I tell them to stuff it and fight those negative feeling with thinking about all of the things I 'AM' grateful for (and repeating my mantra of "this too shall pass" over and over again).