People All People Old, young, male, female Fever, weak, vomiting, masks, isolated, lonely PAIN Healing, phone calls, friends, baking, cards Taking control, getting tested, finding a cure All people Stronger Wondering if you'll die in your bed, caught unawares. Wondering when it will hit your street, your block, your house. Waiting for a bomb to fall upon your house. I wonder if it was like this during the Blitz. Searching for anything to wipe them away, I find only one thing. I refuse to potentially spread this to people I love. Could be big foot or a large squirrel? Lights are green and I am on the move.Īlone with my thoughts, driving into work, just long enough to summon courage to tell my lifelong friend I'm too high risk to attend his wedding. Thought I caught something furry moving to by right. Stopping at a red light and there is no cross traffic in sight. Six-Thirty AM Tuesday morning and the roads are deserted. People have turned on each other and instead of love and support, hate grows faster than COVID. Masks, hand sanitizer, socially distanced. Children grieving the loss of special lifetime experiences. The easiest choice is now terrifying.ĭear loved ones passed away no funerals/celebration of lives lived. She is so precious- so small, but so brave. She started pre-k today and cried leaving us. We did not.ĭo we send them do we not, repeat, today the decision is to send them. We taught you about your power- to keep yourselves safe, to protect others, and to create change. We talked with you often about racism and injustice. We filled weekends with forts and living room picnics. We put you back in school so we could keep working. Just a little more time till this passes Just a little more time at home Just a little more time for toilet paper Just a little more time behind a mask Just a little more time for a vaccine Just a little more time for results She asked me for just a little more time I am tired of being socially distant from those I love. Family trips out of state can't happen, too much risk. I worry about my parents who are still well will they make it through the flu season unscathed? When will I get to see them again? It has been almost a year. I worry about the flu, about COVID-19, about kids really learning in hybrid schools. I usually look forward to fall: pumpkin spice, cooler temps, back to school. Being "over it" of it won't end the pandemic. Still following guidelines family frustrated. What's it like to hug mom again? Can pandemics cause broken heart syndrome? "Medical students will self-diagnose", maybe too much Step studying. Life moved on while the World stood still, don't take time for granted, it still moves when you don't want it to but overcoming the hardships will bring strength for the future. Thankful for my friends and family who stood by my side and still do. Come fall, hoping the end was near, my mom fell sick with COVID, vent-11 days, 12 days rehab, hospital 1 month total.
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