CORONADO ISLAND QUARANTINE, DAY 24 – THE STRUGGLE WITH DENIAL

CORONADO ISLAND QUARANTINE, DAY 24 – THE STRUGGLE WITH DENIAL

Today is Sunday, April 12, and it’s Easter. My neighbors are hosting friends for barbecues, the kids are playing together, and it almost feels like everything is normal.

In a sweet gesture, someone dropped some empty Easter eggs on our front step yesterday, asking us to hide them around our RV plot for the kids to find. Some of the kids took the chocolates I had hidden, so I refilled the eggs for the next round of kids. After a week of rain, the sun finally came out, making it feel like a regular day.

However, it’s hard to ignore that things aren’t normal. The markets, companies, and families all seem to be in denial, and this can’t last forever.

I find myself in denial sometimes too. The reality is that I’m stuck in the US, and the European Union might keep borders closed until September. That means my summer trip is off, and even if the borders reopen, I probably won’t have my green card by then.

But for now, it’s a sunny, relaxing day, and pretending everything is fine for a little while doesn’t seem so bad. Happy Easter!