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Six months ago if someone had told me I’d be writing a blog post titled “Journaling in the Time of Covid-19” I would have said, “What’s Covid-19?” We could all start sentences that way now… “Six months ago, if someone had told me…” “… schools would be closed for months…” “… I would not see my parents for months …” “…. Zoom would be part of everyday life…” “… a mask would be part of my wardrobe…” “… people would run out of (WHAT?!) toilet paper…” Times are rapidly changing and that means we are all having new and unforeseen experiences. There’s no better time than now to be journaling. I have written in diaries and journals off and on since this date: Not long ago, I shared the following story in a Facebook post: In February of 1977, I was a fifth grader in Westerville, Ohio when the Energy Crisis coincided with weeks of unusually cold weather. Today Ihttps://fromthemixedupfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_7719-300x125.jpg