Exhale

Just as spring offers a warming, and an unfolding of leaves and flowers, a reawakening of nature, I can feel the pre-pandemic life starting to come back to us, little by little. 

The recent re-opening of the parks and trails in our province has seemed like a huge release of energy. I notice on our evening walks that people seem more relaxed. There are more smiles and there is less fear. I don’t mean people are being careless. They are merely demonstrating less anxiety at meeting up with people on the way. Those who previously would not even accept the right to have a socially responsible social gathering of up to five people are now starting to seize this liberty and to relish in it. 

We are inching back to some semblance of community. There is more laughter. More optimism. Let it grow.