Staff blogger: The Rev. Dr. Charles Yoost, Director of Religious Life & Church Outreach
Read Psalm 13
During this time of “sheltering in place” and quarantine, have you found yourself living the five stages of grief that Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and others say we all experience when we face loss?
First, there is denial. When I first heard the news, I couldn’t believe what I was being told. Surely it can’t be that bad! Then there was anger. We Americans are not used to being restricted and told what we can and cannot do. Who does Governor DeWine think he is? He cannot stop me from doing what I want! Then there is bargaining. Ok, I’ll wear a mask if that’s what it takes to escape the worst of it.
Has depression set in? A friend recently wrote on her Facebook page, “I am feeling it. A lot of anger about not seeing people, especially my grandkids. Anxiety that my loved ones will become ill. My mom is 90, and my youngest grandchild is 3. Fear that food will run out.”