By: Evelyn Herwitz

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 23 May 2023 22:17:23 +0000

In reply to Pat Bizzell. We each have our own Covid journeys to tell. Fortunately, both yours and mine exclude a serious hospitalization from the virus or death of those closest to us. Nonetheless, Covid has changed all of our lives and certainly made us more cognizant of our own mortality. For me, taking off the mask and traveling again is a celebration of resilience. Remaining vigilant about health precautions is a necessity.

By: Pat Bizzell

Pat Bizzell — Tue, 23 May 2023 16:09:20 +0000

I remember when it was called COVID-19. I’m not sure if the “19” meant to identify the year that this virus broke out into a global plague. COVID-20 would be more meaningful for me because the year 2020 was the one in which I had to scrap a lot of carefully arranged travel plans, including trips to see my newborn grandson overseas. By 2021 I wasn’t planning anything any more. By 2022 I was beginning to plan a little travel for 2023, and we really enjoyed our trip in February, which included a visit with that grandson. I don’t think I’m fully out of “you-cant-go-anywhere-mode,” however. Thinking about summer 2023, I’ve made no plans. Just didn’t think of it.
To counter this complaining, I have to express gratitude that I was able to be with my daughter for that grandson’s birth in late 2019, and that my husband was able to have needed surgery early in 2020, literally a week before his appointment would have been postponed indefinitely as “not urgent.”
Like you, Evelyn, I’m hopeful that everyone will continue many of the basic health precautions that people instituted during the high-risk time of covid. I’ve actually been healthier than I’ve been for a long time over the last three years–partly because this was the start of my retirement, of course, allowing me to exit a high-risk environment at work, but also because of those added precautions. I certainly plan to keep them up!

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By: Evelyn Herwitz

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