COVID-19 will reshape our world. We don’t yet know when the crisis will end. But we can be sure that by the time it does, our world will look very different. Josep Borrell
Every news outlet is talking about it today. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Five years feels like yesterday and a lifetime ago at the same time.
Undoubtedly every one of us has a story. One of those, “where were you on this day?” type of things. I have one, too. I remember talking to my Mom on the phone that afternoon telling her that I didn’t think it was a good idea that the kids and I visit over Spring Break. As a news nerd, I had been following the story closely. I was worried. Disappointed, she understood. And then she shared that she was worried, too.
We were right to be worried.
I won’t rehash it all. It would take too much time, it would be too sad, and overall it’s still too much for me to think about. Today, I am bracing myself for all the upcoming pandemic nostalgia, the people who miss the “good times” during COVID-19 when we all stayed home endlessly streaming movies, learning to bake bread, and taking up new hobbies.
In every way possible, I feel like we have learned nothing.
We were right to be worried.
Empty Chairs, Everywhere is a personal grief diary as I process the loss of my Mother to COVID-19.
Empty Chairs, Everywhere 