#sol20 number 10

I look at my email and read the following subject lines:

Five weeks of meals you can make with pantry staples

How do you tap into humor to relieve stress

Virtual PD days- how to plan and get the most from them

Stay connected to your accounts… I only have one with this particular bank.

important information about coronavirus- from my church, my fitness center, my daughter’s university

Map: Coronavirus and school closures

Upcoming webinar: How to navigate market volatility

Someone has posted photos of various aisles in their grocery store on Facebook. The shelves that hold boxes of pasta and paper goods are bare. An alert pops up on my phone about trading being halted on the NYSE.

My risk is low. I’m middle-aged, healthy, a good hand washer. I am not traveling out of the country or on an airplane. I don’t reside in or plan to visit a large metropolis. I’m a let’s-get-the-most-accurate-information-we-can-and-then-make-a-sensible-plan kind of girl. Right now though, it’s hard to sift through hype to find necessary facts. Meanwhile, I keep my elderly mother company. We take short walks, sit and read books, talk over meals, love on her aging pets. She checks her email and shares that something else on her calendar has now been canceled. I tell her not to worry and wonder what else I should say.