Tag: homelife

Dear Reader,

Have you thought about the importance of doors during a pandemic?  Probably no.  But the past couple of days I’ve been thinking a lot about doors.  The first door is the side door, the one I use to enter and exit the home.  Twice a week I grab my Lysol wipes and begin with this door to disinfect common surfaces.

Then there is the front door, which I often leave open to have sunlight pour through the storm door and fill up the living room.  I also feel it is more inviting to have the front door open.  It let’s others know that are not afraid.

From the front door, I turn to the sliding doors that look out onto our modest backyard.  This door is my first window on the world in the morning.  It is also the door my cats tend to use as an escape hatch to dash out into the wild grass to munch, or to hop onto the outdoor furniture to look back at we humans with a mocking gaze.  I often dash out of this door after them, knowing that they too are at risk for contracting Covid 19.

From this door I think about my son’s bedroom door.  Being a tween in Covid 19 may be especially difficult.  It has been an occasion to shut the door at various times during the day to seal my son’s existence off from the rest of the world.  It allows him to hide his disappearance into his online existence with his friends, the best part of his day.

From a bedroom door, I think about the blue room’s door, which is shut during the day as my spouse has taken over my writing room for it to serve as his temporary office.

Doors during the pandemic help us manage ourselves.  They are signals that let us know when someone needs time alone, or it’s okay to approach.

There are days when all the doors in our home are open.  And then there are the days when the three of us are behind closed doors.  I’ve come value the doors in our home during this pandemic.  How about you?

Namaste