“How are you doing?” If you asked me that three weeks ago, I would have to say that I was excellent. I was at a great school, with professors and classes that I liked, and so much freedom. Today, that basic question has a more complex response.
I can’t help but look at the negatives. Not only did quarantine take the semester away from me, but it also took so much more. All my friends are home now, but I cannot see them. Classes continue, but I’m not able to go to them in person. I am home, but not allowed to go down the shore or any other places. Life has never felt so pointless.
The more I think about it, however, the quarantine has given me a lot of things to be thankful for. I’ve been getting in a lot of quality family time. Due to school, I would’ve missed my mom’s birthday and Easter, but now I get to celebrate both with my family. With many places shut down and nothing to do, I’ve been very active recently, spending a lot of time outside enjoying the beautiful weather. Quarantine has been an eye-opener. I cannot take the little things for granted anymore. As I hear of the rising death totals, I’ve realized that the health of myself and my family should be prioritized.
To answer the question, I am not doing well. I miss school and my friends. But I am a believer that everything happens for a reason. Is this God’s way of helping me raise my GPA? Appreciate my family more? Focus on my health? Only he knows. What we can do is be grateful for the things that we have, and stay safe during this time of uncertainty.
ENGL110 Spring 2020 11:15-12:05 
I really like the way you formatted your introduction. It was short and simple, and it made me really think, “how am I doing?” Your last sentence in the second paragraph, “life has never felt so pointless” is really scary to think about. It is crazy to think about what is going on in the world right now. I like how you turned some of the negative aspects of this into something positive, like having more family time.
– Nikolas Cerrito
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I’m feeling a lot of the same emotions you are right now and I felt that your writing did a good job of capturing the way that we are feeling into words. I appreciate how you switched your focus mid writing to looking on the more positive side of the situation, which many of the posts I have already read did not touch on those aspects. Also the picture you included sent chills through my body and really encapsulates the idea that we just need to trust this will past and continue to live life as best we know how.
-Morgan Holman
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I want to start by saying that I love the verse you included with this post. I found it to be very comforting and pretty much just what I needed at this moment. I like how you spoke about your faith and wondering what God’s plan is in all of this. I find myself pondering the same questions you mentioned every day and it’s nice to know that I am not alone in my curiosity about what he might make of all of this.
I also loved how you spoke about getting to spend more time with your family. I know many people who were not looking forward to that aspect of quarantine and your writing about being happy about getting to spend time with your mom on her birthday or spending easter with your family was quite honestly a breath of fresh air.
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