Masks & mirrored glasses have something in common.

Yes, there’s the obvious, how they both cover a particular part of our face. But I recently experienced something with each that made me pause and wonder about how they affect our connection to others.

Homemaker. Now there’s a term you don’t hear mentioned a lot anymore. Many women identify more with the occupation they’re currently being paid to show up for. But what of the other roles they fill? Like ‘Homemaker’?

I was standing in line recently at a checkout and found myself glancing over the covers of magazines on display. I felt a twinge of discomfort, a scurrying flutter of panic, that got my attention. I focused, returning my gaze to the cover that had elicited this involuntary response in me. I came face to face with an adult coloring book.