Strange new world!

Several of my friends don’t actually live near me.....they spend time here during the year, when we all get together for meals out and talk a lot. Yesterday I rang one of them, a man I have known for about fifty years. Usualy by this time he is here, getting his boat into the water and preparing for a new season. This year of course he’s not. The conversation was the gloomiest I’ve ever had with him. He thinks it unlikely that he’ll make it at all. "My boat will just stay out of the water for this year." Word’s I never thought I’d hear. What was normal has now become impossible... He talked at length about the present situation having a medical background..."It’s a killer Jean. You wouldn’t be able to fight it." Ok. I accept that . Us ancient ones are the most in danger... but I now have to prepare for a very different way of life. Not being able to see my friends, eat with them, walk with them etc is only just becoming apparent. It’s a very strange new world we are living in. Spending most of my time alone is not a problem most of the time..but I do enjoy seeing my friends during the summer months. And until yesterday I had assumed that this situation would be over by summer time. But it seems not..us old ones have had our lives...it’s the young ones I feel sorry for...this bug and the fear apparent around the country is not going to go away..I don’t know why I have never considered that fact. I have always assumed that soon, after the virus had been defeated we would all be back to normal. But now I’m not sure. Prayers are obviously called for....but I’m not quite sure what to pray for! .