Since this pandemic started, I have placed a priority on reaching out to my friends. Sheltering-in-place is hard enough, but dealing with loneliness and isolation can be simply too much.
I figured out quickly that to sit back and wait for people to contact me would never happen. I had to take the initiative and reach out to others, and I am glad I have.
I have grown closer to my friends and that makes me feel warm inside. I no longer feel that I am fighting this virus all by myself. We are in this together. It may be a text early in the morning asking how they are doing and feeling but it makes a difference. It shows I care and from this my love and my heart have grown. There was a time when I felt I had no one to love and no one to love me. Now I have my friends to love and to be loved by, and that makes me very happy.