Maintaining Connections Is More Important Than Ever Now

I hope everyone is staying well and staying sane these days.  It seems everyone is finding new ways to stay busy.  Personally, I have found myself spending many hours in a comfortable chair in our den, ostensibly writing, but often looking out the patio door at the birds and squirrels in our back yard.
 
I must have mentioned this to my son and his wife a time or three, because they not only surprised me for Mother’s Day last Sunday, but they also managed to give me something to help with my new hobby.
 
The surprise came into play when they called me Sunday afternoon and asked me to come into our den.  (My husband was in on the surprise, and made sure I was nowhere near that room until they were ready.)  When I walked into the room, I saw a large card/sign taped to the outside of our patio door, facing me so I could read it.  My son and his family were standing on the patio, grinning at me.  I opened the door, and was able to talk with them while I opened my gift. 

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The gift bag included, among other things, some handmade bird food, shaped and put on a string so I can hang them on tree branches.  I suspect our granddaughters had a lot of fun patting the bird seed mixture into cookie cutters to make the shapes.  I will hang them where I can sit in my chair and watch the birds enjoying the food.  Once we are able to do things together again, they have promised to help me identify locations for additional feeders, bird baths, etc. and then help me pick them out in a store.
 
I suppose that is one positive which has developed while we are all stuck in our homes.  We are not just finding creative ways to fill our time.  We are also finding clever ways to stay connected with the ones we love.  While I cannot wait to have the quarantine end, I hope we all remember to stay in touch once it is lifted.

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