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Quarantine Easter

This Easter is memorable for all of us as it is the first one where instead of wearing our Easter bests, we donned our pajamas and watched the church service at our kitchen tables and instead of going to our family's for a meal, we just fit in a video call while eating cereal. (if you are anything like me) The coronavirus has changed a lot about our daily lives. Every day has become Saturday as we no longer have friends to visits, restaurants to go to, or even a job to give us purpose. Every single aspect of our lives has changed as the virus has infected every country and every community. Being away from family on Easter Sunday isn't abnormal to me as I spent the past four years in the Dominican Republic, but this Easter was the first one spent on my own. It got me to thinking of how quickly the towers and walls of comfort we build for ourselves can crumble. I believe if the virus has taught me anything it is how fragile our world and everything in it truly is. It is like a ...