Big Thoughts from a Small Room While Awaiting My COVID Results
“Just keep looking straight ahead,” the woman said as she fed the cotton-tipped stick up my nostril, through my brain, and into my soul.
It was my first time being tested. I told her so before the prodding began.

“It’s not fun,” she had warned me — and she spoke the truth. It was uncomfortable, it brought tears to my eyes, and it went on forever.
But the same could be said of the year leading up to it.
Continue reading Unity? Nah. Togetherness? Yes, Please.