You know the worlds off tilt when quarantine seems normal and blogging feels foreign.

How is everyone?

I hope you are surviving and thriving. 2020 what have you done to us? I decided to take a much needed break from here and just focus on my family as we were dealing with the after affect of my public 911 call and all the events that led to it. But who would have ever guessed what happened next made the entire world do a tailspin.

Lives were lost, life as we knew it shut down, toilet paper became the most valuable thing in the house, memes were emotional support, we all got an education of the Big Cat community whether we wanted to or not, downloaded Tik Tok, baked banana bread, We had earthquakes, became school teachers, church was/is being performed in homes, we cried together, we came together, and then we did what we had to do. We had to sugarcoat the unknown to our children and put on brave faces everyday. We had to eventaully turn off the news bc our hearts couldn’t believe our ears. Numbers, lost lives became numbers. And every morning all we did was check the numbers and go on with our day hoping that this was all just a dream and that this Groundhogs Day called life would just go away.

I want to tell anyone who is reading this that what we have all experienced is not normal. It’s been draining to our spirits to our wallets and the world is hurting. But I want to just share a little glimmer of hope that we are going to be ok. We are never going to be the same, we will be forever changed. We are stronger. We are more unified than ever. And we will rise.

I look forward to a rebirth to new beginings and to a bright future. I wish you all the best and to just take one day at a time. We will overcome.

So much love to you all. I hope you are sleeping well and doing well.

I am so grateful to be back and reconnect with all of you. You were missed.

All my love,

Shannon Bird