Just 2 WEEKS

My youngest daughter could tell you what 2 weeks really means.

Because it doesn't mean 14 days.

When we were going through some hard times, a check would come every 2 weeks.
With every 2 weeks there was a glimmer of hope, that this would be the last 2 weeks of hell.

However, 2 weeks can turn into 2 years or longer.

SO WHY 2 WEEKS

2 weeks is a significant amount of time to pass, while adjusting in smaller increments to the situation at hand.
2 weeks avoids panic.
2 weeks feels do-able.....
2 more weeks isn't that long,
after all we've already gone 2 weeks we can do 2 more..

And 2 more.....

When you tell someone 2 weeks it doesn't overload their system.

If the government was to announce that this could last 3 months, people would have went into panic mode, far worse than they already are.

Tell folks this might take a year to recover and we are talking PANIC on more levels than you care to imagine.

So they say 2 weeks....
 {keep in mind how many  2 weeks it's already been}

By doing it this way, you have the opportunity to rationalize in your own mind, that this is going to take longer than 2 weeks.

RELAX

The government isn't trying to take over our lives.

They are trying to get the selfish ignorant people to realize that they are putting everyone at risk, by acting like this is nothing.

If we could all do the same thing for the same 2 weeks, we'd be half way back to "0".

No one knows how long it will take or how many 2 weeks we will go through to get to the other side.

I do know from past experience that it doesn't end,

 but it does turn around.

Things become better in a couple weeks, then they get even better a couple weeks later and it continues until.....

I've had 2 years of 'home sweet home' after too many years of living in hell.

So give it a couple more weeks. .... We'll get through this.

Blessed by God,

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn,

Thanks for stopping by

Until next time, Stay healthy and Happy Trails.

At Home with the Kids

All across our Nation, folks are still trying to digest and accept what is happening. Trying to understand and not panic. Trying to cope and have hope. 

Our economy changed forever from what we know. The government telling us to stay home and they will give us money?

The government talks about the numbers infected and the numbers passed away. But you don't hear much about the number of the survivors.

Minds are whirling at the thoughts invoked by ships being brought in and turned into hospitals. Treatment shelters set up on soccer fields. Schools and motels converted to house the sick.

The President said it right when he said we were in a war with an invisible enemy.

How do you stay calm, how do you help your children understand why they can't go to school and why they can't play with their friends. You don't get much chance to keep it from them, with everything that's going on in front of our eyes.

You breathe.

You get up every day and you have breakfast with your family and consider this time a blessing to be able to be with our families. How many times do we work too much and our families are so far away, even though we live under the same roofs. Use this opportunity to get to know each other. To spent time together. To love one another.

Use this opportunity to get all those things done that you have never found the time to do. It's spring time. And with everything going on, it's a perfect time to do some deep spring cleaning!! Top to bottom, inside and out. Get rid of the junk and set up a place to enjoy in your yard, on your deck or just in the house or apartment.

A lady at the store the other day was buying herself flowers. If she's going to be locked in the house for a few days, she wanted something pretty to look at. {Believe it or not, these type of things really help}

Oh the kids.....

They are going stir crazy and your going nuts. Check out our places to go over there on the right and there are some great sites to get materials to teach and work with your children.

Captain Planet has an awesome gardening learning plan for all ages. Google curriculum and you'll find anything and everything you need to create work and fun activities to teach your children at home.

World water day, Earth day, Save a frog... There are a lot of environmental sites with great stuff for kids. And one of my favorites is the Nature Explore put out by the Arbor Day foundation.

Visit christianbook.org to find some great spiritual education materials.

Check it out, and if you find something you'd like me to link up , shoot me a message.

In all of this..

Just remember...

• We're all in this together!
• Don't hoard.
• Look out for your neighbors.
• Keep breathing.
• Spend time each day, appreciating something in the day itself. 
• Don't worry. 
• Don't panic.
• Don't be mean.

And it never hurts to pray.

Blessed by God

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn

Thanks for Stopping by

Until next time, Stay Healthy and Happy Trails.