The governor of Georgia announced that schools will remain
closed for the rest of the school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
I knew all along this was likely going to be the case, and I
know that it’s the best thing to do to keep everyone safe, but that didn’t make
it any easier to hear.
Before that day, I was choosing to hold onto hope. Hope that
a miracle would happen, and things would somehow, SOME WAY get back to normal
before the end of the school year.
That our babies would get to have three more weeks to hug
their friends and teachers again, to sign yearbooks, to have class parties, and
attend end-of-the-year field trips.
That Jacob and I would be able to attend his Mother Son dance
for the fifth year in a row, one of our favorite spring traditions.
That Olivia would get to dress up in her cap and gown and
sing kindergarten graduation songs to a room full of teary-eyed parents, and
then take pictures afterward with her teachers and friends.
That both kids would be able to end their school year
properly and have the comfort of closure before their send-off to summer break.
Instead, hope was lost last week with those crushing words,
and we’ll be grieving the loss of all of these things instead of living them.
I know it’s minor in the scheme of things, and I know there
are way worse things going on in the world right now, but it still hurts. I
cried a lot of tears last week and I’m just praying that the only way to go
from here is up.
All we can do now is dust ourselves off and wait for the
rainbow after the storm. I hope it comes soon.
This had me tearing up for you and them! The rainbow will come, though!
ReplyDeleteSending hugs and hopes of rainbows soon.
ReplyDeleteRight now we are cancelled through May 4, and I'm a little hopeful that we might go back. But who knows! It's such a disappointing time.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry they won't get to do those normal things and make great memories. All we can do in these weird times is make the memories we can. I am sure they are loving having more face time with mom and dad!
ReplyDeleteBut you can always go to your Georgia beaches since the Governor opened them back up.
ReplyDeleteI wish! We're too far from the beaches to take a day trip... we'd have to spend the night there to make it worth our while and we just don't want to do that since we're supposed to shelter in place right now.
DeleteThey were hard words to hear that's for sure!
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