Your beautiful writing takes me back to those dreadful days/weeks/months/years. Heartbreaking for millions. And terrifying for many. Am happy you are feeling a bit better.
Thank you for this graceful post of what it was like for us New Yorkers back then. It brought back many memories. And you're right, I'd suppressed many of the memories.
For me personally, the onset of Covid in NYC will always be intertwined with this: On March 20th, my mother died suddenly, not of Covid, but of other issues. I was not allowed to see her in her brief stay at the hospital to say goodbye. The next day, March 21st, my daughter was scheduled to be married in a wedding that had been downsized to ten people in our living room. We went ahead with the wedding as we knew that was what my mother would have wanted. It was a beautiful ceremony and I was able somehow to use the emotion of my grief to make my joy more intense.
David, Thank you so much for sharing your memories with me. The heartbreak and the joy. I'm so very sorry for the loss of your mom. My best friend of 14 years (who happened to be a cat) died that April so I have some idea of how uniquely awful it was to lose a loved one not of Covid during the height of Covid, but you've also reminded me how lucky I was that I got to be with him at the end. Sending you love and wishes for less grief and more joy in the days ahead.
Your beautiful writing takes me back to those dreadful days/weeks/months/years. Heartbreaking for millions. And terrifying for many. Am happy you are feeling a bit better.
Thank you for this graceful post of what it was like for us New Yorkers back then. It brought back many memories. And you're right, I'd suppressed many of the memories.
For me personally, the onset of Covid in NYC will always be intertwined with this: On March 20th, my mother died suddenly, not of Covid, but of other issues. I was not allowed to see her in her brief stay at the hospital to say goodbye. The next day, March 21st, my daughter was scheduled to be married in a wedding that had been downsized to ten people in our living room. We went ahead with the wedding as we knew that was what my mother would have wanted. It was a beautiful ceremony and I was able somehow to use the emotion of my grief to make my joy more intense.
Thank you for making me remember.
David, Thank you so much for sharing your memories with me. The heartbreak and the joy. I'm so very sorry for the loss of your mom. My best friend of 14 years (who happened to be a cat) died that April so I have some idea of how uniquely awful it was to lose a loved one not of Covid during the height of Covid, but you've also reminded me how lucky I was that I got to be with him at the end. Sending you love and wishes for less grief and more joy in the days ahead.
Thanks Amanda! So far so good as to the joy/grief ratio since the bleak days of 2020. Wishing you the same.
As always, breathtaking. Thank you.
This is stunning. I am weeping. I am so glad you’re feeling better. ❤️
Thank you for being there for me. I love you so much.