During this time, I believe that supporting your small businesses is crucial. One way I have supported them is by praying that they will be able to reopen and that they will have the customers they need to stay in business. I think that this is important because God hears you when you pray, and our businesses need lots of prayers.
I also believe that being in quarantine is not good for our
economy. It is not good because it causes people to lose their jobs and their
livelihoods because their businesses are closed. And it is not good for all of
society because it can cause people to get cooped up and go crazy, like many
are right now. I have been cooped up and crazy before too, becoming bored
because of the lack of things to do at my house.
In my personal experience, it has been really hard for me to
see businesses close because I know that people are losing their jobs and if it
was a really good store, I am sad because there is one less good store that I
could get my things from and I lose the good service they provided. As the case
with Combellack's, it was a historical store that meant a lot to Placerville
and losing it was like losing a piece of the town. When I was a little kid, I
was honestly afraid of seeing different businesses close. It was too traumatizing
for me to look at them. I would cry a lot when I saw one close, especially if
it was one I really liked going to, because I realized it was no more. That is
why I believe we need to support our businesses in our community. I don't want
all of our businesses we like to close.
As a way of trying to lessen the impact of the pandemic on
the economy, my family and I have supported our local businesses by buying groceries
from Fork Lift in Cameron Park, pet supplies from Lee's Feed in Shingle
Springs, plants from El Dorado Nursery in Shingle Springs (while getting
inspired with all their ideas about what we want for our backyard), landscaping
materials from Acer Landscaping (next door to the nursery) for our yard, hardware
from Churchill's Hardware, takeout food from Cameron Park's Thai House, Los
Pinos Mexican Restaurant, Fernando's Costa Del Sol, and Shingle Springs's Back
Forty Texas BBQ. We have even tried
burgers and fries from a new place we have never visited before called the
Breakroom in Shingle Springs.
Another positive thing that has happened during this time is
that I have been able to see and spend time with my nearby neighbors. Our
neighbors have shopped for us when we couldn't find the supplies we needed,
such as toilet paper, or didn't want to deal with waiting in line to enter
Costco. As a fun thing to add, I have
been able to help my neighbor next door when he needed to clean out some brush
from his yard, which I thought was a nice thing to do instead of being inside
all day.
A week ago, we did something creative; we celebrated my
father's 50th Birthday party by having a parade. Many of my dad's friends drove
by our house waving to dad and bringing birthday signs, talked with us and even
gave dad funny gifts, rolls of toilet paper. I had a really fun time and in
fact, we had more people for dad's 50th birthday than we had for any previous
birthdays in years past.
We've enjoyed meals on the patio, a couple walks each day seeing
all the houses, trees, birds, and beautiful flowers. When it rained, I've seen
streams flowing in our neighborhood that I thought were cool. I've enjoyed
working with my dad outside in the backyard on retaining walls and planting plants
in the ground.
I hope that you are doing good during this time and that you
are thinking of things to keep you up and going. Thank you for reading my
blogpost and God bless!!
Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the
nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Psalm
46:10-11
