Fishing

Taking Everett fishing for the first time was a very special day. He had been begging to go for a while now. We bought him his very own pole and found the cutest pond just 15 minutes away. Waldron Pond is a privately owned pond in Farmville. Kids can fish for free and adults pay only $5.

Getting outside as a family and fishing for just a couple hours was the best time I have had in the last five weeks being home quarantined. Seeing the excitement the boys have doing things as a family is always so rewarding as a parent. Everett loved that we caught two sun fish. Dad caught the first one and Nathan actually caught the second one. He was holding the pole when it got caught and helped ring it in. Everett was a little disappointed the fish weren't big enough to take home and eat. We told him next time we could come really early in the morning and hopefully catch something bigger. 

This quarantine time of life has not been easy in any way. We have adjusted to our new normal but it hasn't made it any easier. I thrive on the routine I create for my family. I hurt so much knowing that Everett won't be able to finish his last year of preschool. Every day that he asks if it's a preschool day and I tell him no he just assumes it is the weekend still. I finally told him it is over for good and that he won't be going back but that he hopefully has kindergarten to look forward to in the fall. 

He asked if he could still go to kindergarten and ride the school buss. It breaks my heart to only be able to tell him I hope so. 

 My heart breaks for our family vacations we had planned and day trips we had planned for the year that are now all canceled. I don't like not being able to see friends or family anymore or have any play dates for the boys. I hate not being able to take the boys to the playground. I am really struggling not being able to get the much needed breaks I need from my sweet little boys. 

My heart hurts for everyone suffering right now. 

I feel blessed and refreshed to have had an incredible morning fishing with my family at the pond doing something we would normally have done without the quarantine and virus going on. It was such a peaceful feeling to know some normalcy can still exist in this unnatural way of life right now.