Bryn Athyn Cathedral I have not taken as many photographs as usual this past year, but I took this one in February 2020.  It is a multiple exposure that perhaps mirrors our circumstances in the world right now.  Darkness, with a glimmer of color and light that is sure to creep in with time.   

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday.  But churches will be mostly empty.  The Corona virus has changed the world.  We woke up one day to a new way of living, surrounded by a global pandemic.  Around the world we are all wearing masks and practicing social distancing and washing hands in order to flatten the curve of this monsterous threat.  People have either lost their jobs or are working from home, schools and colleges have been cancelled for the year and going to the grocery stores has become an adventure. We focus on trying to stay 6 feet away from anyone we meet during our excursions and we carry hand sanitizer which is almost impossible to buy.  We are using tela-med doctor visits for any medical problems that arise because our hospitals are over run with people sick and dying from COVID-19 infections.  We are socializing and meeting up with friends and family using Zoom and FaceTime.  Our nurses and doctors, along with many others have automatically become essential workers with the extended title of superheroes.  I wish I could document it with photos.

On a lighter note, I am now awaiting a new Fiji XT4 camera, which may arrive sometime next month, or because of our delimma maybe later.  I am hopeful that soon after it arrives, I will begin to see a glimmer of the silver lining that will sparkle with a renewed way of living, more kindness, and less rushing around for things that seem so unimportant now.  I don't think any of us can predict now the changes that are bound to happen but I think they will be good ones and hopefully permanent.  We should not ever think about going back to the way our life once was, but we need to take this lesson to heart and make positive changes.

There will be an end to this.  Mahatma Gandhi says, "In the midst of darkness light persists." 

Maya Angelou agrees saying that, "every storm runs out of rain."

I too remain hopeful and expectant of a new day coming soon, when we can once again walk out the door, using what we have learned, and our world can heal.  The photos will begin again for me, and although there will always be clouds, the sun will appear to shine more brightly.  

Happy Easter!

Connie