Loss and gain during a pandemic
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, it is time to update my monthly pandemic diary, which began in March 2020. This is the 15th entry. It is quite probable that next month's entry will be the last one.
To recap of the ongoing jumble of personal reactions the novel coronavirus has generated since March of last year:
March 2020: Fear and anger.
April 2020: Anger and loathing.
May 2020: Frustration and caprice.
June 2020: Sheer exhaustion.
July 2020: Fatalism and vertigo.
August 2020: Interdependence and stasis.
September 2020: Anger and atonement.
October 2020: Depression and isolation.
November 2020: Hope and darkness.
December 2020: Adaptation and its horrors.
January 2021: Detachment and exposure.
February 2021: Hope and trauma.
March 2021: Impatience and habit.
April 2021: Limbo and anticipation.
This past month has been all about stepping back and contemplating what has been gained and lost during the entirety of the pandemic.