I don't look at this as a year+ lost. (The things lost were things I needed to be liberated from.) I look at it as finally being granted much needed space and to return to myself.
Of course there's been less hugs and live music, but those are things I can still do with a mask on outdoors. I can live with that.
Sex has been very sporadic, and I'm totally fine with that. It's a relief.
Death and illness though, is not something we can have rose tinted glasses about. I think the only way we'll ever escape pandemic and save lives (yes, even republican lives) is if we cooperate to end this virus. We have to find a way to get along and extend some grace to each other. Otherwise we'll just be gridlocked and perma-triggered.
We have to pause. Breathe. And find acceptance, in the moment, and of each other. It's not easy. But it's the right thing to do for the greater good.
Stay healthy out there.
12:16 p.m. - 2021-07-26