As life has settled into a new normal I thought perhaps it was time to rethink the blogger in my. When I first started this it was meant as a way to share the story of our life. The trials and tribulations of two gay men in the U.S. trying to foster and eventual adopt in a country with such divided ideals on the topic of human sexuality. To perhaps immortalize our sad experience in our then state of Nebraska to our eventual success in Nevada. Now so many years later the success has been met with so many trials and tribulations that it leads one to ponder why the desire to be a parent at all. If my heart and mind were being totally honest they would point out that this is a question I’m sure most parents, adoptive or not, have asked themselves. Inevitable my heart and mind settle back to loving my children and hoping that in some small way the life that I’ve been able to afford and provide them will help heal old wounds and give them a trajectory into a positive and successful life to come.
So what should this blog look like now. Should it continue on as a diatribe of fun anecdotes and stories on parenting? Should it turn to current events and my take on them? Should it revert to a historical satire the life and times of writer? Should it just be left as is and allowed to stand on its own?
Who is to say?
However, as society moves online more and more and a new normal has been created due to the affects of COVID-19 what does one do? I find myself working from home all the time. Not leaving the house for days at a time. When I do leave it is often to walk the dogs, get groceries or just to drive around with the windows or top down to just be somewhere else. My once love of working from home is slowly eroding to a dungeon I yearn to occasionally escape from. I can still see myself working from home, but not everyday as current situations dictate. Maybe just two days a week.
The bigger ideal to society is what will be the global affect going forward. We find ourselves ordering online more for delivery. Doing pick up meals from some of our favorite restaurants. Businesses are realizing that employees outside of customer facing can do their jobs remotely again or for the first time. Do we need 10,000 sq ft call center/office buildings when a hybrid work from home/office part of the week could find people sharing more space. Alleviating the need from 10,000 sq ft to maybe 5,000 sq ft. It appears our Mother Earth is finding a rejuvenation in this period of shelter at home. Air quality in most major cities are markedly improved. Pictures are being shared that show a skyline that hasn’t been glimpsed in decades.
How do we take this newfound knowledge of ourselves, how we work, how we play, how we live and morph it into a better, cleaner world? I think that is an imperative question for our society. Can we be successful and productive and grow while doing things in a drastically different way. Rethink our priorities and our use or transportation and living spaces into something more than it was at the start of 2020.
I guess that will remain to be seen as states and countries start to re-open their economies.
Peace, Love and Puppy Dogs
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