[NFB-Krafters-Korner] OTSomething to lighten your day……………

[hosbornejr at gmail.com]

Thanks for this Courtney. We liked it, and, I am passing it along to fellow shut ins.

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From: NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kaila Allen via NFB-Krafters-Korner
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 4:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] OTSomething to lighten your day……………

Thank you so much for sharing, I really enjoyed reading this poem. I posted on my Facebook

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> On Mar 27, 2020, at 12:14 PM, Courtney F. Smith via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> ‘twas the night before quarantine and all through the town, not a restaurant was open, not a school-bus was found.
> 
> hand sanitizers were placed by all doorposts with care, in hopes that 
> Corona would never come there. the children were swinging from the 
> crystal chandeliers,
> 
> and the stir-crazy babies were almost in tears. with everyone in health masks and live updates on their screens, we hunkered down and waited for COVID-19.
> 
> for into our lives with a sneeze and a cough came a global pandemic 
> and a crash of the stocks. away to the grocery we all flew like a 
> flash, and bought
> 
> all the toilet paper for our personal stash. as the moon slowly rose 
> on our fates and our fears, what to my wandering mind should appear? 
> in the absence
> 
> of busyness a new life taking form: in the stillness of solitude, in 
> the silence of the storm. in the magic of together and home-bound 
> company, rediscovering
> 
> connection in our family. so with the pup in her kennel and the 
> children in their beds, new visions of adventures now danced in my 
> head! the checklists
> 
> could wait and the bank accounts would be fine, for we had been given 
> the most sacred gift of time. so I gathered the markers and crayons 
> and paints, I
> 
> collected the nerf guns and assembled board games. with a wink and a 
> smile I moved on to schoolwork: math facts and science and vocabulary 
> words. I laughed
> 
> as I thought it, in spite of myself, “what if quarantine can heal our 
> emotional health?” if the birds are still singing and if the flowers 
> still bloom,
> 
> surely the sunshine can overcome our gloom. if we set aside fear and choose kindness instead, maybe we’ll all begin to realize we have nothing to dread.
> 
> I tucked back into bed and smiled up at the moon, for a peace had 
> replaced the impending doom. so take heart and take hope through this 
> curious plight,
> 
> and “happy quarantine to all” until we’re allowed to reunite.” —Author 
> unknown
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> enjoyed reading this poem. I posted on my Facebook
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