2020 Home for the Holidays

Page 38 2020 Home for the Holidays LINCOLN DAILY NEWS November 25, 2020 personally, it does not take long to look around and see someone who needs help.” Klopp-Cosby has done a lot of cooking and making care packages for others, “It’s been a great exercise in humility.” She said, “Bringing people food is always welcome, especially now when many are broke, sick, or just sick of cooking. Instead of feeling sorry for myself and the trials of this pandemic on my life, I’m trying to focus on helping others. It works.” If writing helps you through challenging times, you could try writing a book like Lincoln resident Karrie Funk did. During the shelter in place, Funk started doing watercolors of birds stacked on top of each other and made it look like they were talking to somebody in the house. Funk said it made her think that is what it is like being on quarantine in our homes. She then posted the picture on Facebook with a caption that said, “How are you doing in there?” and got a lot of positive feedback. When friends started remote learning, Funk drew a picture and posted it. She said soon ideas began flooding in because covid has changed our whole lives. After a while, people encouraged her to compile the pictures in a book, so that is what she did. Funk said she received some help from Amanda Kitterman on the writing and from Lisa Kuhlman on the design and sending it to a publisher. Funk’s book Covid Diaries: A collection of unique memories for all ages Continued n