Stressed Out About....

I’m stressing out for the one's around me. That's what I’ve done my entire life, put the well-being of others ahead of my own. During this time of the coronavirus chaos, I’m in the process of obtaining my job benefits, I’m relatively healthy and I’m okay in that aspect.

The stress seeps into my consciousness when it comes to my elderly parents, who are more susceptible of contracting this invisible enemy. And if either one were infected, they'd likely contribute to the death poll that continues to rapidly increase here in Pennsylvania.

My son is out of school and participating via internet to complete his schoolwork. I’m far from being an educator, but his homework assigments in seventh doing are more advanced than what I wasdoing in high school. He suffers from ADD and the days become challenging for the both of us, but we survive. No one said parenting was an easy task to complete, but I'm driven to fulfill his needs and support his well-being all the way!

At the end of the day, my stress lies in these unknown timelines of quarantine and shutdowns. When will I be able to return to work? Will my son be going back to school to see his friends this year? How many more lives will be taken from this pandemic and when will it conclud? Better yet, when will our lives return to normal again? That's where my life lies in the midst of this worldwide interruption, just living and surviving in the unknown.