by Marijke McCandless | Mar 14, 2021 | Love in the Time of COVID
Love in the time of Covid-19 was a time of gratitude and self-love for me. I was 5 years post-divorce and was struggling with a lot of loss. The loss of home, family-life as I knew it. I felt like the rest of the world caught up to me. It actually brought my adult...
by Marijke McCandless | Jun 18, 2020 | Love in the Time of COVID
Shutting down your heart is never the answer. Instead of crawling inside your brain and blocking out the pain around you, this is the time you should be learning how to love both yourself and others.Love can and should be shared everywhere. With your partner, with...
by Marijke McCandless | Jun 18, 2020 | Love in the Time of COVID
What does love look like during a pandemic? Since the onset of the pandemic, I’ve seen love emoted in various contexts and connotations, including ways that span borders and cross boundaries. Families are outside riding bicycles around the...
by Marijke McCandless | Jun 18, 2020 | Love in the Time of COVID
I was thinking about the word anguish today—maybe a result of too much crossword puzzling. My husband of 60 years descended into the hell of Alzheimer’s despite everything I tried—hundreds of supplements, special diet, walks everyday—it slowed down the process but...
by Marijke McCandless | Jun 18, 2020 | Love in the Time of COVID
I immediately feel gratitude for the situation I’ve landed myself in, seemingly planned, intricately, one step at a time, with timing calculated down to the day. Alas, I did not have a master plan. It was the world scheming to take my ideal life to the...
by Marijke McCandless | Jun 18, 2020 | Love in the Time of COVID
Outside my window, just beyond the top of my laptop, there is a tree. In deeper spring, it blooms and blooms with small fluttering pink flowers that rain down on the sidewalk and all around– the air becomes absolutely profligate with petals. But at the moment,...
