Weekly Round-Up: Coronavirus Part 4 Edition
Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Don’t forget if you have written a post which you would like readers to see, just leave a comment below.
We’re into Week 4 of a coronavirus-dominated round-up. In a Zoom team meeting with a client organization last week, one person on the call said I think we should stop posting about the virus. She was expressing her own feeling of being overwhelmed with non-stop talk about the global pandemic. And yet, our lives have changed so much over the past four weeks, it seems nearly impossible not to talk and write about it. As Lisa says “these times are not like any that have come before in our lifetimes.”
Philippa, in a welcome return to the blogosphere echoes this when she writes “even though life is continuing, it has been changed irrevocably. We don’t know when it will settle and resume and in particular, we don’t know what the new world will look like when it does settle.”
Allie shares a fascinating graph, created by Marie Skelton, which mimics the Kubler-Ross Change Curve of the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.).
Terri tells the story of her friend, Kirstin, who is sewing protective masks for people to wear.
Nancy Stordhal writes about what happens when surgery, cancer care, emotions & COVID-19 collide in her latest post. See also Ilene‘s and Lisa DeFerrari‘s helpful list of resources for cancer patients, Sandra‘s tips on how to stay engaged with cancer research, and Abigail‘s personal experience of medical treatment during a pandemic.
A plea from Audrey to pace ourselves and be mindful of the psychological impact of our changed ways of working and living and a reminder from Carolyn that it’s ok not to feel normal at this time.
An open call from Chris to anyone who would like to use his blog to share an insight into people’s lives during this crisis.
Cathy shares tips on how to use this time to adopt healthier choices.
More Covid-themed posts from Janet, Nancy Seibel, Megsie, JoAnn, Kimberly, Maureen, Connie, Barbara, and Beth.
Amy is offering two BRCA resources free at this time. More details on her blog.
A guest post on Liz‘s blog on writing as way of healing.
Finally this week, I leave you with a quote – it’s one of my favorites – shared by Allie on her blog.
Until next week,
Stay safe,
Yours with much love always,
Marie xxx
Thank you so much dear Marie for including a link to my ‘it’s okay not to feel normal’ blog post this week.
I loved Marie Skelton’s ‘Coronavirus Change Curve’ image that Allie shared – a common path for us – whether during a pandemic crisis, during grieving, or during a devastating medical diagnosis.
Stay safe… ♥
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I loved seeing that graphic too Carolyn – really helped put things in perspective for me this week.
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Marie – there’s always so much sharing in the breast cancer community, it’s no surprise during this broadly impactful outbreak we use our collective knowledge to provide help to anyone who needs it. The heartfelt generosity of spirits are collected by you and I’m always amazed by your constancy in our world. Our “new normals” are quickly becoming the new normals of people outside of our club that no one wanted to join. Now oddly is the time to raise awareness especially for MBC because it’s so hard for people, even those who are closest to us, to completely understand what we go through. I fear we will lose the opportunity to help raise awareness and potentially research and development if we don’t hammer home the parallels of both situations. I think the only thing people forced to socially isolate won’t experience is lack of belief in their situation or be told they “look great”all the time. And willing they stay put and remain virus free, I only hope thru all of this and the future they can help advocate for more awareness And in future research to go as quickly as it will for COVID19.
Thank you my friend for shining the light on the beauty and the good hearts all represented in your round up. In all things so profoundly ugly there’s always a beautiful gift waiting to come forth, and you’re a gift to us all.
Big hugs all around,
Ilene
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Thanks for your wonderful comment Ilene and your precious words x
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I love your roundups and reading everyone’s perspective. This is one we wrote on the timely topic.https://www.survivingbreastcancer.org/post/coping-with-covid
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Hi, thanks so much for sharing this with us. I look forward to checking out your site.
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Marie, thank you for the amazing work you do to keep us all connected as a blogging community. It means even more in these difficult times! Stay safe. xo
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Thanks for continuing to share such helpful resources Lisa
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