crowds and strangers
classrooms and errands
to the four walls of our house
and our blessed front yard.
The six of us gathered together
each afternoon
to enjoy the outside
the sunshine
the air in our lungs
the sound of the birds
and the wind in the trees.
We were grumpy and grateful,
tired and laughing.
We were weary and wanting
what used to be normal.
All day, everyday, we were thrown together,
saved by space and screens,
Zoom meetings and bike rides.
Each night at dinner we'd go round the table,
listing our bests and our worsts
and what made us grateful.
This family of ours is both
what made this year tolerable
and what made it impossible.
But together we emerged, 14 months later,
going back into classrooms and slowly on errands,
praying the new normal keeps
inching
closer and closer
to what used to be.
-Shelly Cunningham
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