Unexpected action

How will these new developments impact you personally? What changes are you seeing in the world around you do to the crisis? What actions are you taking in response?

I can't help but think of the theme we studied in Shakespeare: "Chaos results when the lawful social order is broken."

I did not anticipate violence as potential outcome to this situation.  I feel as fearful now as I did in the months following September 11, 2001!

I find myself doing everything possible to keep my son at home because the state of the world feels much less predictable than it did four weeks ago.

My husband is still biking to work and I am still endeavoring to bike and walk days I can.

We continue to purchase locally whenever possible, but admittedly we have also collected a stockpile of items we love that we fear may no longer be available if this crisis continues.

People are not as friendly as they normally are here in Longmont.  We have cancelled many of our social engagements with friends due not only to the increase in gas costs, but also because morale is so markedly low.

We’ve cancelled our Thanksgiving travel plans because there seem to be so many unknowns in the world right now…

This is neither a fun nor a positive time.  I fear for what will come next!