How Long Will This Be “THE NEW NORMAL”?

I’m writing this on March 27, 2020 what would have been my brother Rob’s 63rd birthday. So young when he passed away the first day of March. How many more people daily are having to say goodbye to loved ones even more now because of this damn Coronavirus? Since this pandemic spread and we as a nation for the most part have been placed under stay at home orders everything has changed. 

I won’t bore the reader or even attempt to explain what I mean by the “New Normal” because you’re either living it as you read this or if time has passed, you lived it. The hope I have and that I hope others share is that we will get through this and come out better on the other side. Lord knows enough has happened since the 2016 election to divide this country and try to tear it apart. Hopefully if anything positive can come from this pandemic it will be to unite us as a country again. Sadly as I write this I don’t have a lot of confidence in that hope because a significant percentage of our population is still drinking the Trump kool aide. 



Not one of his better books but it seemed appropriate reading when I picked it up at a truck stop on my way back from California this month. 

I took a break and just took a 3 mile walk to relieve some stress. I was thinking when is the last time I felt this frightened by something? What I came up with was almost 40 years ago when my daughter was in the hospital in an oxygen tent because her croup was so severe. And before that it was any time  there was a fire announcement on the PA on any of the three ships I served on. I was in junior high during the Cuban Missal Crisis and evening at that young age I never felt the anxiety that I feel today for the people in our country, in particular the sick and the elderly. I had faith that our government would protect us. I have no faith in this government. 

I do however have faith in a higher power and faith in most Americans that we will get through this and come out the other side better and stronger. 

Signs of Our New Normal!









It may get worse before it gets better but it will get better!

In the book, American Wino, author Dan Dunn said the following:

“The road to healing is paved with companionship and calories. And Cabernet!”

As my last post was titled, “I picked a hell of a time to quit drinking”!

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