A friend took her kids shopping for swimsuits last week. The
dressing rooms were closed, so she wasn’t able to make sure they fit before
buying them. She got them home, discovered they didn’t fit, and tried to return
them. She was told the store wouldn’t be accepting returns “until six weeks
after the pandemic is over.” As if somehow there will be an announcement: “Okay,
folks, it’s finished. Go on with your lives.” A lovely thought, but that’s not
what will happen. The return to what we think of as normal will be gradual, and
many things will never be the same again. It would be so nice to feel safe
returning to church, to the shopping center, and to the cinema. That’s
not going to happen any time soon. But when this is all really “over,” I’ll
miss how quiet and peaceful the streets have been, and I’ll wish the air could go
back to being this clean.
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