PANDEMIC/FAMILY

The Silver Lining to the Pandemic Cloud

The pandemic has taught us all to cherish the simple everyday moments with family that we often take for granted

B.R. Shenoy
The Motherload
Published in
6 min readApr 13, 2021

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Rear view of family with their arms around each other by the beach
Photo by Patricia Prudente on Unsplash

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” — Oprah Winfrey

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed “countless” lives and has had devastating impacts on the livelihoods of millions. Not to mention the toll the pandemic has taken on the country’s collective mental health.

2020 Tassel
Photo credit: B.R. Shenoy

My 2020 Graduates

Overnight, our lives were turned upside down. Regrettably, we had not one but two graduating seniors — one in high school and one in college.

It should have been a year jam-packed with graduation ceremonies, formal events, and parties, but alas, all of them were canceled for the foreseeable future.

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B.R. Shenoy
The Motherload

Avid Globetrotter• Expat on 3 Continents•12x Boosted Writer•Editor:The Shortform• NewsBreak Writer•https://brshenoy.substack.com•M.S. Toxicology •Proud Mom of 2