My family was always getting together for special days like birthdays and holidays but our gatherings stopped with the pandemic. I miss our get-togethers, but we stopped them to protect Mom and we have never gone back to having them.
This is my post for #memoirmonday #49 What Do You Miss About the Pre-Pandemic World? hosted by @ericvancewalton
Mom was always the center of everything we did, even when she was tuckered out. I miss her the most, she had a stroke in 2020 and then got Covid in 2021, and she passed from it and dehydration.
I thought we were a close family, but the pandemic divided us, the ones who wore a mask and got the vaccine were laughed at by those who didn't. Even today, feelings are no longer as they once were.
Prices went up on everything, I miss the old prices. Also with the pandemic came a flood of people who moved from the big cities to my area, I miss the little town that we once were. The people moving here drove house prices beyond what a young family could afford.
We still had one fish house left on the river, I miss it but the pandemic did not have anything to do with it closing, it was just here before it happened.
One thing that I miss is people were not so mean to one another and there was not so much "tension" between political parties, it is like when the only contact they had with others was the internet, they became bold about their feelings on subjects that in person they would not have commented on those kinds of things. I would say, they became outspoken as long as they were behind a computer screen.
Even though they are nice to have I miss the times before we had computers.
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There is still a lot of controversy regarding this topic. I saw the mockery up close. People should be more reserved about their way of seeing things.
After the elders leave, it is difficult for others to get together as before. I experienced this with my grandmother even without a pandemic.
I regret her loss.
Best regards.
I am sorry for the loss of your grandmother. I do not care how much time you spend with a loved one, when they pass away, you always feel as if it was not enough time spent together.
My granddaughter once told me that she would never miss me, I asked why she said that and she put her hand over her heart and said "Because I will always keep you right here," she was 7 when she said that.
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Grandchildren have the sweetest words for grandparents. It is a great joy to have them and enjoy their antics. Thank you for your words.
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It's so hard how people change and your community during and after the pandemic.
Fake pandemic was a cruel tool to use to divide people, many lost and still are losing their lives. Families and friends have become far more disjointed in visiting each other.
Sad fact we were most probably a lot better off without all the mod-cons we have today, time is a river that continues to flow we must accept change even though we who did not grow up this way have to accept it.
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I'm really sorry for your mom.
I agree, the prices of everything went high and there's no sign to come down ever again.
Our life changed a lot and there's no way back, we only can remember the old days.