As my daughter and I are now spending 24 hours a day together, we have more time, but we’ve also had to get creative with how to spend the time.
One of the things she’s requested is that after we are done for the day, but before bed time – we watch a movie. She gets to choose what we watch.
One day this week, she chose an animation called ‘Home’. It was cute, but as I listened for what to share, this is what has been placed on my heart.
This animation was of cute aliens taking over earth. They displaced all the humans, except one little girl and her cat who had accidentally gotten separated from their mom. There was one alien who had no friends. He never seemed to do anything right, and so all the other aliens hid every time they saw him coming.
Eventually the little girl with the cat and this lonely alien had a run in. And the story showed the extent (and continents) to which the little girl was willing to go to find her mom with the forced help of alien.
This alien never understood the concept before. They were used to running from each planet at the first sign of trouble. Before the end of the movie, he realized just how important family and friends were, to the point that he was willing to risk his life to save the humans.
This is the shortened version – but the lessons are not lost on me, especially during this difficult time of social distancing.
In order to stay connected, we have become creative. I was never one for video calls, but as I can’t see people normally, it’s changing the way I do business calls, networking and even seeing friends. My daughter is having FaceTime play dates to connect with her friends as well.
How are you choosing to stay connected? While this is a time of social distancing, it’s not a time for isolation. More than anything, we need community in these difficult times.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for our friends and our communities. Help us to reach out and uplift one another as we go through these difficult seasons. Please be with those who don’t think they have anyone to call on and show them who to reach out to.
