Last night Richard was approached by an unhoused woman who said she had not eaten for two days and would he be able to help her out. We did happen to have some leftover food in the car. He gave her the part we hadn’t eaten and she went on her way. She reminded me of the unhoused woman mentioned at the end of this post. One week into the pandemic and not all people were certain of how serious it was. Masks and social distancing were not yet enforced everywhere.
Jaime and I could hear the homeless
woman singing and Jaime decided to join her and made a tiktok video of the two
of them singing “This is Me” from The
Greatest Showman. I remember how Jaime looked at her as an equal and had
not passed any judgement. I knew she was
standing too close for Carol’s liking. We had met up with her a day or two
later (here) and had driven in separate cars. Jaime showed her the video the
next day. I think it made Carol nervous.
As careless as we had all been none
of my household members ever got sick with COVID. Carol, on the other hand, believes she got
it. She’d venture out of the house to
make a small purchase – such as cat food and toilet paper and there were
certain places that she started boycotting because of not enforcing “people
protection”. I remember many feeling
that way and others the opposite. Some
people still won’t support those that enforced the mask and social distancing
and so forth. Some people are in denial
and still believe it was all a hoax.
