Opening the Box!

Exactly one year ago, due to a world-wide pandemic, each of us had to step inside a box, tape it shut (to varying degrees) and wait it out. Twelve months later, I sense that people around the world are starting to push that box lid open, taking a look around and starting to crawl out. Between a drastic decline in Covid cases and deaths and the availability of vaccines, we feel safer. There is finally optimism with fewer governmental restrictions, more schools reopening and spring weather upon us. For me, the experience of being trapped in a box was palatable because my box included my adult children for much of the time as well as really good bubble wrap - aka a silver lining - that motivated me to create this blog and do a lot of self-discovery. I now realize the symbolism of all those Amazon boxes left at my doorstep over the past year: I couldn’t wait to rip them open.