I’ve been meaning to share these thoughts for a while, but due to the subject matter I’ve been putting it off.

Look, I get it. Everyone’s told me the pandemic is over. In the state where I currently reside, the governor declared the pandemic over about a month and a half after it started. I think that’s what happened. It’s all a bit of a blur.

But the thing is, I can’t really understand how the pandemic can be over even if the health emergency has been rescinded. I empathize with everyone who wants to move on and forget that the whole thing happened, like it was just a bad dream and a funny story we can laugh about with friends a decade from now. Unfortunately, I don’t think trauma and self-reflection work that way. Honestly, I probably would have gone along with the idea that the pandemic was over, but two events from earlier in the year made me realize this was not true by any means. To read the rest of this blog post, either click on the title, the image or the link right here.