poignant

[asakiyume]

I'm putting this behind a cut because people have different bandwith for stuff. This is not a tragic story, but it's --well, like the subject line says. Poignant.


Of course it is on lockdown right now, no one can visit anyone there, for the protection of the residents' health. Today I went for a walk in the environs of that facility, and there was a couple, about my age, probably, and probably husband and wife (but possibly siblings), pressed up against the exterior of a window on the ground floor. They were talking to someone on the inside. I walked about a mile and a half; they were there at the start of the walk and there at the end. We do what we can to support one another.

It was a very salient image of our times.

Comments

[sartorias]

That is poignant. A friend I usually go out for a high tea lunch with made a stealth tea drop since all four of us are high risk. That's the name of the game these days.

[minoanmiss]

Oh, my heart.

[sovay]

They were talking to someone on the inside. I walked about a mile and a half; they were there at the start of the walk and there at the end.

I'm glad they can speak in person, not just over the phone or a screen.

[queenoftheskies]

Separation from dear friends and loved ones is difficult right now.

[cmcmck]

The tragedy here is that such facilities are becoming covid petri dishes and it's not altogether clear what one can do about that. :o(

[mallorys_camera]

Heart-wrenching.

[amaebi]

Poignant on the good side. Think of all the windows no one is pressing up to.

[zyzyly]

Poignant indeed. I have to wonder after all this, with so many people in nursing homes and assisted living communities getting sick, whether we, as a society will start to find a way to keep our elderly relatives at home, safe.