Color During Quarantine

This is weird.

Usually our spring break involves a road trip to somewhere in the country.

Usually we are eating at the best hole-in-the-wall restaurants in a city we’ve never been.

Usually other tourists and city dwellers join us in our revelry.

Instead, we are sitting inside, preparing soups, playing board games, and finding creative ways to keep busy. My guess is that your break has looked similar. During this worldwide pandemic, we are all being challenged as we take one for the team and spend time at home. Maybe you’re working from a makeshift home office, or homeschooling your 8 year old, or both! Maybe you’re channeling Marie Kondo and tossing all that doesn’t spark joy, or saving lives on the front lines (if that’s you, thank you!). If you’ve found yourself jobless in the past weeks, my heart and prayers go out to you. One thing is for sure, these circumstances have not discriminated, and therefore, we all find ourselves fighting for each other, navigating new territory, and trusting that God has it all under control (or questioning that fact).

To each of you, I say: keep fighting the good fight. Our authorities are doing their best to implement protocols to keep us safe to the best of their knowledge. We will get through this, and I pray our communities, relationships, and economy are all stronger for it.

In the meantime, it is my hope that all of you can choose faith over fear, knowing that God is not taken by surprise, and that He ultimately wins the battle for our souls, so we are good (if we are good with Him). If you don’t know what any of that means, hop onto youtube and find a good sunday sermon, reach out to a friend you’ve tuned out before as they were blabbing about this hope they have that seems strange and impossible, or even feel free to email me and I’d gladly point you to the Life Giver.

On a less serious note, do whatever it takes to help you survive this craziness. If coloring helps you, feel free to download my free coloring page. Share it with whomever it will bring joy to, and feel free to share the final product with me on Instragram @teaMoDecor918.