Amy Lee Instagram – How’s everybody doing today? This strange time of sickness and quarantine has made me grateful for a lot of things I usually take for granted. Hanging with friends, everyday human connections, fresh produce, paper towels, and most of all, feeling like I know what’s happening next. Every day is a new “ok, where are we? How many have we lost since last night? What’s the new plan?” Along with the nagging feeling that every time we make a new plan, it’ll probably be scrapped before we can follow it through. But the sun is shinning today for one of the first times in 3 solid weeks where I am, and it’s giving me hope. Jack is playing in the sunshine, and I wouldn’t be able to be here for that if I was on tour right now. I’ve never been very good at growing things but we planted seeds and all this oppressive rain has made little sprouts of carrots, dill, basil and parsley pop up. New life. And I’m reminded of something I’ve learned in my life, that along with pain and death, there has always also been new life. Almost simultaneously sometimes. I don’t know how long till we get past this moment, but right now looking at these baby sprouts I feel a calm peace that we definitely will.