write a letter to the editor of a national daily about how Covid-19 has changed our lifestyle
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It is astounding to learn, how few people matter in our lives. We tend to get so tied up in knots with our daily work schedules, gym, chanting, party routines and trying to make ourselves look “good” for others (mostly on social media). As a result, we ignore the people who matter to us and whom we should care about. Be it the elderly in our family, spouse, children, close friends and even those with whom you have spent precious times. We are so busy chasing a future that we have forgotten how to live and enjoy the present. We are so filled with greed and unfulfilled desires that we forget to count our blessings. Most of us have big egos and a false sense of pride and self-importance that we forget how to respect human beings and empathise with their suffering. If there is one thing my late mother taught me, it is compassion for others. To do your deed or service without expecting anything in return.
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When I finally returned to the U.S. I was a changAs we are all waiting to see how this virus will affect us and those we love, let's think about helping our neighbors. Every neighborhood has a fire plug. How about we post notes to each other: to encourage and help one another? If you potty-trained your baby and have extra diapers, post a note you would share them. If you see you have three half-full containers of salt, post a note. If you have decided to quit gardening, post a note "flower pots" please enjoy them.
Take a walk … read notes. If one can help your family pull it down and contact. Have the giver leave it at end of driveway. Be sure to not damage fire plug. God Bless us all, everyone. I thank God I work for such a beautiful person and company. We need to stay positive and stay together. At this time Game I and Game II are still open for curbside pickup and delivery! For those who have kids prices are $2 per kids meal.
Marci has supported her community and staff during this uncertain and uneasy time so I’m asking the community to support her and if you want a hot safe meal please support my work the game with pickup or delivery at both locations! And when our doors are back open come help support us by bringing your families out to eat, drink and be merry once we get through this! Thank you again Marci. God bless you and everyone during this time.
Sharina Grill, Las Cruces
Embrace the change
Accept that our lives have fundamentally changed, our futures will be different than we thought. During my support of U.S. Army combat deployments in Iraq, I learned this fundamental truth. When you are at war, you focus on the mission and keeping your battle buddies and their families safe. All other things must fade into the background.
We are at war now, the enemy shifting and changing every day. Slippery and threatening everyone we love. There are no frontlines, no finite place to attack. At this point in a war, you hunker down, protect and assist those around you and let the (health) Special Forces wage war. Remember you are not alone. You are feeling what we all feel, uncertainty and fear of the unknown. How long is this going to last? How bad will it be? What is my family's future? When our lives are disrupted, some in disarray, it's hard to focus on the future when you are consumed with everyday life. I speak from experience; wed person. My perspective on life and how I treated others returned me to my grass-roots upbringing. I rediscovered the absolute importance of family, community and caring for others.
Embrace the change. You will come out on the other side intact. Know that while things may be different, these truths hold true. Strength, compassion and caring for others will always be part of New Mexican culture and will ensure our future will be bright again.
Debra Hathaway, Las Cruces
A message from the church
Two commandments guide our lives as Christians: to love God and neighbor, especially our neighbors in need. The New Mexico Conference of Churches is dedicated to heeding Christ’s call to strive for unity, justice, peace and the integrity of creation as people of faith ministering to bring healing and hope to New Mexico. The judicatory heads of the member churches, New Mexico Conference of Churches (Rev. Kay Huggins, interim executive director)
Support for child care centers
As a proud New Mexican, I have been deeply concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world, our country and our community. The coronavirus has affected every aspect of our daily lives, and has consumed most of our attention and energy.
I’m the owner of Best in the Southwest Day Care and a Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) advocate. We remain open to serve our community and are at 50% capacity right now. I’m not sure if I’ll have income if things get worse. Child care services are vital not only to our children, but also to our community and workforce. Emergency service providers are on the front lines, fighting for our community. Child care workers are also on the front line, working daily to provide care for those who need us most.
Unfortunately, child care providers already operate on very tight budgets. If the federal and state government doesn’t step in to ensure that child care centers can still afford to pay their staff and, in some cases, remain fully operational, only 11% of recently surveyed child care programs said they were confident they could re-open whenever the COVID-19 crisis ends.
Thankfully, our state leaders are taking steps to support child care facilities, including paying providers who remain open a premium for children on assistance and continuing payments to facilities that choose to close. But more needs to be done.