Things got real when city of McKinney announced the Shelter in Place order on March 26, 2020. In a blink of an eye the entire world and our, normal, suburban life, turned in to something scary and lonely. As we sit in our homes and reminisce about our pre-pandemic lives, we realize all that we took for granted.
Having the freedom to go outside, with caution, in our backyard or local parks, was nice. One day in April, I picked up my camera and went with my son to an empty field near our house. I tried to capture the mood of a 6 year old who couldn’t go to school and see his friends. We got the NASA children’s helmet because it was easier for him to understand that rather than the mask. There he was, standing in an empty field, alone. One positive from all this all, is that kids are resilient and they will adapt. By the end of the photoshoot he was goofy and doing silly dances like all the children out in the world. As my husband said:
“Children can find solace in their imaginations”.
