I’m ready for all the pandemic talk to be in the past tense. I’m sick and tired of hearing about COVID-19, coronavirus, social distancing, masks, and anything else related to 2020.

I’m not going to close my eyes and shut my ears and pretend that it doesn’t exist anymore, but I’m ready for it to be truly and completely over. I don’t want anybody else to get sick (and especially I don’t want anyone else to die) from the virus.

I miss seeing people’s faces. I miss normal social interaction. I miss concerts and movies and festivals.

I’m trusting that this too shall pass. No pandemic lasts forever. No sickness, no illness, no virus lasts forever. Lord, may it be soon.