By Noni B-G.

    At this point I am not sure what day of quarantine it is. Even though I am grateful to be employed as an essential worker, hours feel longer and the fear and anxiety of the times have been the main pulse for our lives. It has been occasionally refreshing to see how our community has banded together with the use of social media to create content, provide comfort and humor and assurance that we are in this together. The challenges, skits, comedy, dances, have been more than essential to most people’s boredom. Despite the progress being made to keep our spirits up, there are still forces such as the news that inform yet leave us hopeless. Within these daunting 2 months of social distancing and quarantining with loved ones, I still struggled with low vibrational emotions such as fear, anxiety, hopelessness, anger, disappointment and insecurity. I still am..

        The things I've seen in my workplace have changed me. This period of time is imprinted forever in my memory and heart. It is not normal to have witnessed death so many times within the past few weeks. I am not sure of what kind of support I need at this time but I almost feel like I have been programmed to not feel or be emotionally immune to what I’m seeing. Throughout this time I've seen birth, recovery, death and indifference. As a young black woman, I felt that there was nothing I could not handle and being a hero was just another hat I needed to wear during this time of distress and uncertainty.