It's the Little Things

There has been so much going on since Covid started...we are having to move with nowhere to go, and the landlord is making repairs they never made to the house before they wanted to sell. The work they are doing cuts off my internet all of the time, and we have nowhere to go.

But through all of this pressure and the stress, my hubby had a birthday coming up and we really needed a day to not deal with ANYTHING! We took him to the lake, where we get no service....so we could take a moment to just appreciate our lives. We needed this! There was too much on us, and I knew if we didn't....we would suffer and regret it. Thank goodness the HTH program understands us and never makes it hard.

We had an amazing time and loved every moment, including this beautiful sunset.

Adriana Nguyen, HTH Representative & Veteran Caregiver

Grace

Some days are just hard days. These are the days I have to just step back and realize what is really worth stressing about. As moms, we often want everything to be just perfect for everyone in our home. This past year of complete craziness has truly taught me one thing. And that is GRACE. First, I need to give myself grace. I am not perfect. I am only one person. One person that has many titles: Caregiver, Wife, Mom, Employee, Friend, Daughter, & now a Teacher. 

I have also learned to really give my kids grace! We have high expectations for them. It was hard for me to accept, but I do have to realize this change has really affected them too. They went from having a routine and going to school for an education, and now MOM is the teacher. A teacher that hasn’t even been trained. We are all just winging it this year. It has truly taught me that we ALL deserve some GRACE. It will all be okay! 

-Jess, A Caregiver of a Wounded Iraq Veteran

Longest Days and Sleepless Nights

This past Friday, December 4, 2020, my youngest daughter, Lorelei, came home from school with symptoms of a sore throat, bodily discomfort, and a high fever. Throughout the weekend, we have documented high fevers, and she has started coughing profusely. We have isolated her in her room and now wear masks in her presence. It could be anything, like a seasonal cold that strikes you from the abrupt change in weather that occurred in Florida last week. But as in the times of Covid-19, we live as "at night all cats are brown." We are being proactive, bringing all the girls back home for distance learning, and coordinated a Covid -19 test for on the afternoon of December 7, 2020.

What a great frustration; I am taken aback by the irony that we are the ones who boast of being the most responsible, disciplined, and strict regarding this pandemic. We are the ones who are harboring this sad possibility that one of our daughters is infected. This is the harsh reality that we all live in right now; when it comes to Covid-19, we are all in the same boat.

The results turned out to be negative! So sad that the fear of the possibility that in a possible future contagion the result would not be so favorable won't go away any time soon.