What COVID-19 Looks Like Where I Live

Maybe in the future we will realize what actions we should have taken.

Bebe Nicholson
The Partnered Pen
Published in
5 min readDec 1, 2020

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Photo by Arturo Rey on Unsplash

My partner and I haven’t invited friends over since February. We haven’t been to a bar or a theatre in almost a year, and the last time we were at church was in March.

Our church opened a couple of months ago, but reservations are required. Seating is limited, and everybody is required to wear a mask. People are escorted to and from their seats, and socializing is discouraged.

I’m still not attending, and don’t know when I will. Currently, I’m happy to watch services live-streamed on TV.

Some businesses are booming

I don’t know what the rest of the country looks like, but despite our semi-lockdown and despite a muted church experience, things in the South are bustling.

Last weekend, Costco teemed with customers. In the aftermath of Black Friday, Walmart reminded me of a cornfield after locusts have swept through. Some shelves were stripped clean of merchandise, especially in the Christmas section.

Restaurants are filled to their allowable, socially distanced capacity, and traffic is bumper to bumper around the mall.

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Bebe Nicholson
The Partnered Pen

Writer, editor, publisher, journalist, author, columnist, believer in enjoying my journey and helping other people enjoy theirs. bknicholson@att.net