<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>social distancing Archives - ON TAP FOR TODAY</title> <atom:link href="https://ontapfortoday.com/tag/social-distancing/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>http://ontapfortoday.com/tag/social-distancing/</link> <description>fun loving, inspired living</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2020 17:52:26 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <image> <url>https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-ACS_1560-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1</url> <title>social distancing Archives - ON TAP FOR TODAY</title> <link>http://ontapfortoday.com/tag/social-distancing/</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">42026970</site> <item> <title>36 days of feelings</title> <link>https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/04/17/36-days-of-feelings/</link> <comments>https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/04/17/36-days-of-feelings/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:28:52 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[covid-19]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category> <category><![CDATA[grief]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pandemic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social distancing]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://ontapfortoday.com/?p=10602</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>We’ve reached 36 days of isolating due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. And 36 days of feelings — all of them. I’m home, safe + sound with our family — and, as always, I have so much for which to be grateful. We are rounding out our fifth week of school closures, working from home, home learning, homemade cloth masks, social distancing, video chats, and closely monitoring a dwindling supply of toilet paper. I miss our extended family. I miss our friends. We all miss the kids’ teachers + classmates. We miss our routines. And because of what can only be described as sh-t timing, we miss our dog. Grief is such a tricky thing. Especially when it’s so nonspecific. I’ve never had to grieve a way of life before, never mourned something so commonplace as taking the kids to swimming lessons or taking my time at the grocery store. Grief is tricky because it rarely shows up alone. Grief brings along all those past hurts and losses living below the surface. The people we miss. The relationships that fractured. The places we don’t go anymore. The things we wish we had done differently. Grief shows up with so much in tow, and leaves it all over the front lawn. I spent the first two weeks of isolation with a literal hurt hovering over my heart. When I finally got up the nerve to call my doctor, and I described the pain– she was like, You’re not having a heart attack. That’s grief + anxiety, ya ding dong. (She said it in a more compassionate, more medical way.) I wasn’t exactly surprised, but I needed to hear it from her. And I needed the reassurance that it was okay and good and important to ask for help. Maybe you need that gentle reminder too? The flip side of all this is (and always will be) gratitude. I can call my doctor and get the help and support I need. We have work. We are safe at home. We have enough. We have plants growing, a cardboard playhouse complete with battery-powered twinkle lights, a daily weather chart, and various other experiments brewing. I get to watch my children be wild and fresh and silly in the yard… and on their weekly classroom calls (I wish there were a way — maybe there is?– to record these things). We have teachers who love and miss our children, and who are working tirelessly to make home learning accessible and manageable. We have ways to be in meaningful touch with our family and friends. We have an unprecedented amount of time together– time for walks and meals and rollerblading in the basement. With nowhere to go, we no longer rush through our mornings. We don’t really rush at all these days. And the slowing down, the being quiet– this means we get to feel it all so much more deeply than we did before. The grief and the gratitude. The fear and the hope. I hope you’re feeling ok today. I hope you’re safe, and I hope you know I’m thinking of you all. You are loved + appreciated. Also On Tap for Today: If you need some levity, I’m posting daily jokes on Instagram stories (saved to the aptly named Jokes highlight on my profile) — they’re kind of terrible, but hey… Listening to past episodes of Poetry Unbound (the poetry podcast from On Being studios) — episodes are short, timely, and moving and the kids’ meditations with Grace + Nicky on the Simple Habit app Picking up a curbside order of pansies from Cape Abilities Farm What are you listening to or reading these days?</p> <p>The post <a href="https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/04/17/36-days-of-feelings/">36 days of feelings</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ontapfortoday.com">ON TAP FOR TODAY</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>We’ve reached 36 days of isolating due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. And 36 days of feelings — all of them. I’m home, safe + sound with our family — and, as always, I have so much for which to be grateful. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1242" height="1542" src="https://i1.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_8266.jpg?fit=825%2C1024" alt="" class="wp-image-10603" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_8266.jpg?w=1242&ssl=1 1242w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_8266.jpg?resize=242%2C300&ssl=1 242w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_8266.jpg?resize=825%2C1024&ssl=1 825w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_8266.jpg?resize=768%2C954&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_8266.jpg?resize=1237%2C1536&ssl=1 1237w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_8266.jpg?resize=572%2C710&ssl=1 572w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_8266.jpg?resize=952%2C1182&ssl=1 952w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_8266.jpg?resize=919%2C1141&ssl=1 919w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure> <p>We are rounding out our fifth week of school closures, working from home, home learning, homemade cloth masks, social distancing, video chats, and closely monitoring a dwindling supply of toilet paper. I miss our extended family. I miss our friends. We all miss the kids’ teachers + classmates. We miss our routines. And because of what can only be described as sh-t timing, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B9hHZAyghCA/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">we miss our dog</a>.</p> <p>Grief is such a tricky thing. Especially when it’s so nonspecific. I’ve never had to grieve a way of life before, never mourned something so commonplace as taking the kids to swimming lessons or taking my time at the grocery store. Grief is tricky because it rarely shows up alone. Grief brings along all those past hurts and losses living below the surface. The people we miss. The relationships that fractured. The places we don’t go anymore. The things we wish we had done differently. Grief shows up with so much in tow, and leaves it all over the front lawn.</p> <p>I spent the first two weeks of isolation with a literal hurt hovering over my heart. When I finally got up the nerve to call my doctor, and I described the pain– she was like, <em>You’re not having a heart attack. That’s grief + anxiety, ya ding dong.</em> (She said it in a more compassionate, more medical way.) I wasn’t exactly surprised, but I needed to hear it from her. And I needed the reassurance that it was okay and good and important to ask for help. Maybe you need that gentle reminder too?</p> <p>The flip side of all this is (and always will be) gratitude. </p> <p>I can call my doctor and get the help and support I need. We have work. We are safe at home. We have enough. We have plants growing, a cardboard playhouse complete with battery-powered twinkle lights, a daily weather chart, and various other experiments brewing. I get to watch my children be wild and fresh and silly in the yard… and on their weekly classroom calls (I wish there were a way — maybe there is?– to record these things). We have teachers who love and miss our children, and who are working tirelessly to make home learning accessible and manageable. We have ways to be in meaningful touch with our family and friends. We have an unprecedented amount of time together– time for walks and meals and rollerblading in the basement. With nowhere to go, we no longer rush through our mornings.</p> <p>We don’t really rush <em>at all </em>these days. And the slowing down, the being quiet– this means we get to feel it all so much more deeply than we did before. The grief and the gratitude. The fear and the hope. </p> <p>I hope you’re feeling ok today. I hope you’re safe, and I hope you know I’m thinking of you all. You are loved + appreciated.</p> <p>Also <strong>On Tap for Today</strong>:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>If you need some levity, I’m posting <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://instagram.com/elizabethev" target="_blank">daily jokes on Instagram stories</a> (saved to the aptly named Jokes highlight on my profile) — they’re kind of terrible, but hey… </li><li>Listening to past episodes of <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/" target="_blank">Poetry Unbound (the poetry podcast from On Being studios)</a> — episodes are short, timely, and moving and the kids’ meditations with Grace + Nicky on the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.simplehabit.com/" target="_blank">Simple Habit app</a></li><li>Picking up a curbside order of pansies from <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.capeabilitiesfarm.com/s/shop" target="_blank">Cape Abilities Farm</a></li></ul> <p><strong>What are you listening to or reading these days?</strong></p> <p>The post <a href="https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/04/17/36-days-of-feelings/">36 days of feelings</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ontapfortoday.com">ON TAP FOR TODAY</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/04/17/36-days-of-feelings/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">10602</post-id> </item> <item> <title>What a time.</title> <link>https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/03/24/what-a-time/</link> <comments>https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/03/24/what-a-time/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:00:17 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[corona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[covid-19]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pandemic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social distancing]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://ontapfortoday.com/?p=10593</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>What a time we’re all having. Our sweet dog died shortly after I wrote that last post — there’s not much more to say about that, other than I miss him terribly. But also, maybe he knew that days later we’d be in the throes of a global pandemic and was like… Nope, not sticking around for that BS. So that’s where we are, in the throes of a global pandemic, with no furry weighted blanket following us around. Schools are closed. We are effectively sheltering in place + practicing extreme social distancing. Nick is working from home, and I am so grateful to have the flexibility to focus on caring for (and intermittently trying to educate) our children. Speaking of, they keep asking where babies come from. And they both cried this morning after one told the other their scooter was haunted. We have to laugh when we can. Even/especially in the mess. Oddly enough, we had been planning to be home for the last two weeks of the month, as Nicky was scheduled to have his adenoids + tonsils removed (’twas postponed). So I suppose one silver lining is that our cups of Jell-o runneth over. Or whatever. We are growing tiny plants in eggshells, watching zoo webcams (and, like, a lot of movies), baking, taking walks together, reading, and going to bed as early as humanly possible. We are home, we are healthy, and we are safe. And that’s more than enough. How are you + your loved ones doing? Please do let me know — you’re all on my mind. Also On Tap for Today: So much 4-7-8 breathing ( <– great video if you’re new to this awesome, relaxing practice) Heart advice for difficult times — beautiful words from Pema Chödrön Making a new playlist (heavy on Yo-Yo Ma, per Grace’s request)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/03/24/what-a-time/">What a time.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ontapfortoday.com">ON TAP FOR TODAY</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>What a time we’re all having. </p> <p>Our sweet dog died shortly after I wrote <a href="https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/03/02/monday-catch-up/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="that last post (opens in a new tab)">that last post</a> — there’s not much more to say about that, other than I miss him terribly. But also, maybe he knew that days later we’d be in the throes of a global pandemic and was like… <em>Nope, not sticking around for that BS.</em></p> <p>So that’s where we are, in the throes of a global pandemic, with no furry weighted blanket following us around. Schools are closed. We are effectively sheltering in place + practicing extreme social distancing. Nick is working from home, and I am so grateful to have the flexibility to focus on caring for (and intermittently trying to educate) our children. Speaking of, they keep asking where babies come from. And they both cried this morning after one told the other their scooter was haunted. We have to laugh when we can. Even/especially in the mess.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="1920" height="2560" src="https://i2.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-2-scaled.jpg?fit=768%2C1024" alt="" class="wp-image-10594" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-2-scaled.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-2-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-2-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&ssl=1 1152w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-2-scaled.jpg?resize=572%2C763&ssl=1 572w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-2-scaled.jpg?resize=952%2C1269&ssl=1 952w, https://i0.wp.com/ontapfortoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-2-scaled.jpg?resize=919%2C1225&ssl=1 919w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure> <p>Oddly enough, we had been planning to be home for the last two weeks of the month, as Nicky was scheduled to have his adenoids + tonsils removed (’twas postponed). So I suppose one silver lining is that our cups of Jell-o runneth over. <em>Or whatever. </em>We are growing tiny plants in eggshells, watching zoo webcams (and, like, <em>a lot</em> of movies), baking, taking walks together, reading, and going to bed as early as humanly possible. </p> <p>We are home, we are healthy, and we are safe. And that’s more than enough.</p> <p><strong>How are you + your loved ones doing? Please do let me know — you’re all on my mind.</strong></p> <p>Also <strong>On Tap for Today</strong>:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="So much 4-7-8 breathing (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.drweil.com/videos-features/videos/breathing-exercises-4-7-8-breath/" target="_blank">So much 4-7-8 breathing</a> ( <– great video if you’re new to this awesome, relaxing practice)</li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Heart advice for difficult times (opens in a new tab)" href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/when-things-fall-apart-tibetan-buddhist-nun-and-teacher-pema-chdrn-on-transformation-through" target="_blank">Heart advice for difficult times</a> — beautiful words from Pema Chödrön</li><li>Making a new playlist (heavy on Yo-Yo Ma, per Grace’s request)</li></ul> <p>The post <a href="https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/03/24/what-a-time/">What a time.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ontapfortoday.com">ON TAP FOR TODAY</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://ontapfortoday.com/2020/03/24/what-a-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">10593</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>