If the year 2020 taught us anything, it definitely taught us that life is short and to expect the unexpected.

• Numbers of people have been impacted by a pandemic that came like a thief in the night. COVID19 rocked our world in the beginning of the year 2020 and continues to effect us in many ways. All over the world people have fallen ill from the pandemic and/or have died from this horrible disease. Americans are grieving loved ones who died from COVID. Life is too short to not fulfill your dreams, to stop holding grudges and experience the only life we have been given.

• No one, I repeat, no one expected a pandemic to occur. Millions of people are out of work. As of December 4, 2020, “the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. … number of unemployed persons, at 10.7 million” which leaves so many without the means to take care of essential needs (food, shelter, education and security). Most know what it is has been like to balance work and personal life (which now includes homeschooling children) while life as we know it changes in such an extreme manner. We expected the children to return to school after Spring Break but they could not do so with so many people infected from the disease. Life as we know it is will never be the same.

How do we deal with such major life issues? It is helpful to reach out to a trained professional to gain coping skills if you are feeling depressed, anxious, struggling to get along with family members (lock down forces us to spend significantly more time with those in our household) or just want to talk about all the challenges that have taken place this year. Call Meraki Counseling today 713-730-7032 so that we can work together to build up your coping skills to conquer life’s issues.