I lived with Sara and her family while I was in Florida. This wasn’t my first time living with them for a while, the last time being during part of my year off. When I arrived in March I overheard Holden say “Dad! Uncle Brian is home!”. ❤️ I felt incredibly lucky to have been with family through the beginning of lockdown. This was taken on Easter. We had a quarantine egg hunt with the neighbors: they hid eggs in our yard for the kids to find. Then we hid eggs in their yard.
From the Album: 2020
One of the most useful lessons I learned on my year off was to live presently; no matter what is going on, to be mindful of what I am feeling and to listen to what those feelings are telling me. That skill was valuable throughout 2020 as I had to deal with lockdown and the nonstop stream of unfortunate news. The entire year felt like my anxiety and depression Super Bowl. I’ve been learning how to manage, learning how to sit with my feelings, learning how to be alone and okay. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t difficult. Just look at what I let happen to my facial hair. But I took time to enjoy the small things and even learned some new things. And hopefully 2021 will bring slivers of hope and progress.
