I Shall…A Tribute to Small Things
I was thinking that I might buy a few more board games and certainly a new chess set, for one cannot have too many of those. Or maybe I will teach myself how to sew or bake or garden. I shall certainly spend a few more quiet moments with my children so we can learn what it means to be alone together, and to appreciate it.
Maybe we can even start a puzzle, one of those great big ones, and then not rush to give up on it as if there are more important things to do. No matter what, I promise to amass a great collection of books, the kind you can hold in your hands and not finish for many, many days. I shall find the time to sit off by myself and read and read and listen to the pleasant chatter of the birds. I will sit on my front porch more often and waive to my neighbors, if only so it doesn’t seem so unnatural.
More than that, I will secure stronger WIFI at all costs and store away more paper towels that any human being should. And before I do those things, I shall certainly get a dog, one that I can walk. You know, so that I’m ready when the next crisis hits, when the next pandemic strikes.
