One of the toughest things about the social isolation that many of us are practicing is not seeing the faces we’re used to seeing. Last week I hand-delivered a few newsletters and mostly just put them in mailboxes, but in the few cases where I did see and speak to the people, I realized how strange it had been not seeing these familiar faces! This week I decided to pay short visits to a few SouthWest people - maintaining a safe distance at all times - and ask if I could take their pictures.
To those of you who are alone and not getting out: your church family has not forgotten you. We’re here to help if you need anything. I know the phone has become a lifeline for many people who live alone, and I encourage you to keep reaching out to each other. In the meantime, below are a few familiar SouthWest faces.
Remember a few years back when the choir would perform songs from the Second World War as a Remembrance Day event? It’s those songs that are going through my head these days: There’ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover, or this one:
We'll meet again
Don't know where, don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away
So will you please say "Hello" to the folks that I know
Tell them I won't be long
They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go
I was singing this song
We'll meet again
Don't know where, don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day.
-Amy
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Dennis & Dorothy came down to their lobby to wave hello; Benita on her front step; Sandy MacKenzie and June Jardine in the lobby of the building they both live in; Helen and Donald Cameron posted this one on Facebook so I’m sharing it with you; Shirley Robinson who is in lockdown at the Cavalier in LaSalle got her activities director there to take her picture in full “Red Hat Mama” gear!