As things open back up, it just feels strange. 

We were isolated for a long time, it’s taking my eyes a long time to adjust to the light of the outside world! 

Lots of us aren’t good at endings… 

We don't often mention death by name, have somewhat adapted to people ghosting and we don’t usually talk about loss and trauma publicly. 

Yet, we ritualize some endings, funerals were missed in our isolation, because we are so social. 

So, I’ve been wondering how we end isolation well? A giant party could feel liberating yet overwhelming. It also feels wrong to grieve that we had to be alone a bunch when faced with Ukrainian war and other tragic world events. It’s hard to admit this hurt and matters. 

I know I need rememberance.

 I need mourning for all the things that couldn’t be and people who were lost. 

I need celebrating that we made it! Commemoration for the relationships lost and gained. 

Even if the future is u certain, I need ritual to close chapters and open new ones. 

Goodbye to the last two years, honouring the struggle, pain, and hard work of so many people. Hello to the different version of me and how I will now internact with the different versions of people I love.