I’m Grateful for the Pandemic (and Afraid to Say That Out Loud)

I know people are suffering. Can I say that I’m not?

On the gluestick magazine-cutout vision board of My Future,

facemasks were conspicuously absent.

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But time at home
time with family
thoughtful messages to friends?

Long afternoons puttering at the stove, with a dog napping at my feet?

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Yeah, those were all on the vision board.