A look back to February 2020, when the word ‘distance’ became a verb, something we did.

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -- that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
       — Bob Hope

Retrospection

It was February 14th, 2020.  Valentine's Day.  It was to be our last social event before everything closed and our lives shut down. This is a look back to those early weeks of quarantine, when our need for connection to each other became so clear.  Journey with me in this time of retrospection. 

I began with Week Four. The earlier posts are below.

When We Distanced:

Week Four: In the Midst of the Fog. Bob Hope said when we look back , it is the simplest of things that can offer a glow of meaning. This post is about a simple encounter that brought me some calm and peace during our quarantine. I wonder if you also found some meaning in a similar, simpler way. Many turned to home cooking, home projects, canning or creative arts. I walked and I wrote.

Week Four: In the Midst of the Fog

Week Five: Ordinary Days, Extraordinary Times

From the Beginning: Weeks One, Two and Three

Week One: Smaller Circles

Week Two: Redefining Circles

Week Three: Circles and Blessings

Tomorrow: Weeks Six and Beyond . . .

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.
-------Baltasar Gracian

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. . .  

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.        
      ------Hebrews 10:32-39