pigletto
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2007
I totally understand what you are saying and I think the majority of people would. I sent my sister in law a picture of my son who was about 12 hugging my nephew who was about 2 that popped up on my timeline. It was from three summers ago . She sent back “God i miss when people could hug each other and you all could spend the weekend with my kids “ .While keeping the border closed is likely the right thing to do, I still feel like I'm in mourning. That probably sounds overly dramatic! Like, I'm in mourning for what 'once was'. Does that make sense? Remember when we didn't give a second thought to going to the grocery store, going out to dinner, visiting family/friends or crossing the border to our southern neighbours? We've cancelled 2 Disney trips and 1 non-Disney trip. My job is travel related, so I'm basically at a standstill. Come September, we usually start looking at sunny destinations to give us a break from winter, yet here we are. Everyday I try to be grateful for our health, dh's stable job, and our family and friends. Still, I can't help but feel that sense of mourning. Today's border announcement is far from unexpected, but it just adds another drop of sadness to the whole dang situation.
And I’m so grateful my newest nephew and my sister are healthy and happy in Florida where they live but I might not meet him until he’s more than a year old. I just can‘t wrap my head around it.
It’s the pits isn’t it ? I get it. There are far far worse things and I am grateful for the health of my family and loved ones. But it’s ok to be sad for all the things we are missing out on too. I get it.