What I was doing naturally, and regularly, one short year ago:

• spontaneously sharing stories, jokes, recipes; handshakes, and hugs;
• enjoying large and extended family celebrations
• having healthy and happy conversations, with friends and strangers in their homes, on the street or in the shops
• spontaneously extending and accepting invitations for coffee or a glass of wine or a walk in the woods
• playing volleyball with 35 wonderful women
• going to concerts and listening to fabulous music
• mingling with the crowds on the boardwalk, or at the market, or in a restaurant
• seeing an abundance of welcoming greetings and smiling faces
• volunteering at my favourite Thrift Shops for Nova for a few hours a week
• hearing lots of conversation and laughter everywhere
• being my sociable self
• feeling joy at being alive and healthy and free to live my life

What I’ve sacrificed: