Hello out there! This is me, shouting out from Sunny Florida. Although sunny, the scourge Covid/Coronavirus/Pandemic has not left our shores. The atmosphere in Florida is that vaccine is ridiculous and it's all a hoax. Children don't need to wear masks in school and who cares that the hospital ICU's are at full capacity with non-vaccinated patients on ventilators.
Again, again. I do believe that the political atmosphere down in Florida and some of the southern states (including Texas) have talked people to keep their heads in the sand over Covid. And, people, your head in the sand may prevent you from getting sick, but you'll suffocate and die. Not to get on a soapbox, which I've been hesitant to do since I don't want to piss off too many of my neighbors, but really........ New York isn't too much better with the percent of cases going from 1% to 4% recently. There's a stronger variant afoot which takes no prisoners. It's getting the vaccinated also. So, for now, I'm masking, washing hands, staying out of the fray of restaurants and meetings where those buggers may hide.
Contradicting myself, I went to run a retreat in Michigan a few weeks ago. I felt ok on the planes, with everyone masked and was given a little package of wipes by the flight attendants when I walked onto the plane. The retreat was on the shore of Lake Huron and there were 58 women hungry to hear even a morsel of hope, spirituality, recovery, light, joy or something other than they've heard for the last 18 months being cooped up in their towns. It was a fun group who have been meeting in the same place since 2006. I felt so honored to lead them. I think they got a lot out of the music I played, and the little anecdotes I told them of my own ESH. I know I made some wonderful friends who I hope to see again.
I've committed to doing a workshop here in Florida in November. I hope it makes it with the threat of more icky germs spewing their harm here and there. In any event, please stay safe, dear friends. You're important to me.
