Hi there Friend,
As we approach this two year Coronaversary, let’s take a trip down memory lane.Â
On March 13, 2020, the âCoronavirusâ was declared a national emergency.
On March 28, 2020, âshut downâ orders were put in place in Rhode Island (where I live).
So, for about 2 weeks we were in this kind of gray zone. We knew the virus was here, but it wasnât that bad, and we were still going to the gym, restaurants, movies, grocery stores, etc. We were just being extra careful, whatever that means.
Then it felt like from Friday to Saturday we went from âavoid large gatheringsâ to STAY HOME AND DONâT GO ANYWHERE!Â
The door SLAMMED SHUT.Â
This was a pivotal moment in our worldâs history. It was also a pivotal moment in each of our lives. Can you recall when you felt that pivot? The moment it got REAL for you?
For me, it was when I sat down at my computer and cancelled every single class, workshop, conference, and trip I had planned for the months of March, April, May, and June. I remember that day to a tee.
I had been kind of in denial for a few weeks, and then one by one, I opened the event in my Google calendar, and clicked on the trash can. One by one. I was looking forward to so many events: leading a yoga retreat, a writing conference, a trip to California to see my daughter, taking my granddaughter to Disneyworld, a James Taylor concertâŚ
One by one; edit/delete; edit/delete; edit/delete.
Thatâs when I felt it.
My life was on H.O.L.D.
And a pivotal moment was right there in front of me.Â
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It made me think about other pivotal moments in my life. Times when I couldnât see the path in front of me, and then after a pivot, a path was revealed. Â Like the conversation I had with my husband on New Yearâs Eve, twenty-five years ago. I was crying over the fact that I couldnât get pregnant after years of trying. My husband asked, âDo you want to be pregnant, or do we want to have a baby?â
That question, that moment, was the pivot to our path to creating our family through adoption. Â Â
This, by the way, is what writing a MEMOIR is all about. A memoir is not an autobiography, not a story of your entire life, but rather a story of a pivotal moment in your life when you started out âPerson Aâ then something(s) happened, and you ended up âPerson B.â Â I am oversimplifying a bit, but the point is every single person could write multiple memoirs! We all have multiple pivoting moments.
Certainly, we have all lived through this one, together, these past two years. Have you thought about writing about when this shit got real for you?
And how about now, two years later, how you have changed? How you have pivoted in your life, your business, your relationships, your attitude?
How you have grown from Person A⌠to Person B. All in the short span of 2 years.
We can all write about this pivotal moment in our history. It has changed each and every one of us.Â
We write to heal.
We write to reveal.
We write to leave our legacy.
