poignant

Apr. 6th, 2020 06:37 pm
asakiyume: (far horizon)
[personal profile] 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.

Date: 2020-04-06 11:44 pm (UTC)
sartorias: (Default)
From: [personal profile] 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.

Date: 2020-04-07 12:29 am (UTC)
minoanmiss: Minoan lady scribe holding up a recursive scroll (Scribe)
From: [personal profile] minoanmiss
Oh, my heart.

Date: 2020-04-07 12:47 am (UTC)
sovay: (Viktor & Mordecai)
From: [personal profile] 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.

Date: 2020-04-07 03:58 am (UTC)
queenoftheskies: queenoftheskies (Default)
From: [personal profile] queenoftheskies
Separation from dear friends and loved ones is difficult right now.

Date: 2020-04-07 09:56 am (UTC)
cmcmck: (Default)
From: [personal profile] 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(

Date: 2020-04-07 11:47 am (UTC)
mallorys_camera: (Default)
From: [personal profile] mallorys_camera
Heart-wrenching.

Date: 2020-04-07 12:35 pm (UTC)
amaebi: black fox (Default)
From: [personal profile] amaebi
Poignant on the good side. Think of all the windows no one is pressing up to.

Date: 2020-04-10 01:43 pm (UTC)
zyzyly: (Default)
From: [personal profile] 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.

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