“The pandemic has slowed everyone down. Many of us didn’t realize how fast and constantly we were moving until we were instructed to be still. Some mothers hope to hold on to that.”
In her USA Today article, The pandemic offers mothers something they will never have again, Alia E. Dastagir, highlights a silver lining for those fortunate enough not to have had their health affected by COVID-19. The silver lining she focuses on is mothers and their children staying at home and thus having more time together. Here is a sample of the moms she profiles.
“Jerusha Basinger is home with her 21-month-old daughter and 4-year-old son. She recently accepted a full-time sales position set to begin at the end of March, but the pandemic delayed her start date……
‘Our lives were too hectic before, always trying to fit in every single social event and activity,” Basinger said. ‘I’m less stressed about being somewhere on time five times per day, and my time with them feels more genuine and natural. I’m more focused on the moment, just being with them, and seeing where the day takes us.’
…..Rebecca Dethman is program director for a practical nursing program in Denver and has been working from home since March with her 4-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter…..
‘Usually we task everything out. We task out education, we task out some of their social interaction. This time has allowed me to get to know my kids a little better,’ she said. ‘I learned my daughter loves little tiny things. She’s delighted by Polly Pockets. I never knew.'”
“Time. Parents with grown children tell those with little ones there is never enough of it. Blink and they’re grown,” Dastagir writes. It’s unfortunate that it took a pandemic for us to slow down enough to rediscover what is most important to us. However, let’s hope that when we leave COVID-19 behind us, we hold onto the priorities it rekindled.
Read Dastagir’s article, here:
The pandemic offers mothers something they will never have again
Happy Mother’s Day,
P. Gustav Mueller, author of The Present
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