A Coronavirus plan: Make someone else's day!

Y'all, what a strange, strange week it's been. Two weeks ago, I'm honestly not sure I'd ever even heard the term Coronavirus. A week ago, I thought... man, this thing is getting kind of crazy. Today, it's so much. Like many others, I've spent a lot of time researching, reading, analyzing, weighing pros and cons, and deciding what was best for our family. 

We're in a good place right now. We're social distancing as much as possible, Dan is now working from home when he's able, and we've cancelled pretty much all plans in the foreseeable future. Well, here we are then. Inconvenient? Yes. Will we get through it? Absolutely. And my sincere hope is that when this is all over, we'll be closer, happier, less crazed, and calmer. (I also really hope teachers come out of this with ridiculous amounts of respect, but that's a blog for a different day!) 

So here's what we're doing before we start going cray-cray. Every day, we're focusing on how we can make someone else's day during this. Yes, we're physically distant. But we actually don't have to be socially distant. We just have to choose different metrics now. Here are some of the things our family has added to the list. What would YOU add to it? 

-Facetime a friend or family member. 
-Pop a care package in the mail. (Bonus if you can do this without leaving home).
-Leave a post it note for your spouse on the mirror reminding him or her that she's doing a good job. 
-Do something nice for someone else in the house. 
-Send a letter or a card. 
-Leave a video message for someone (Marco Polo is my favorite app for this!). 
-Support a small business by purchasing a gift card, and then send it to someone else (local restaurants are still operating as carry out in most states!). 
-Grab a funny meme you laughed at and pass it on to someone else who will laugh too. 
-Give a compliment. 
-Take a walk outside with your family.