How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic? – The Daily Writing prompt wants to know.

I was lucky and able to adapt fairly well. We get our vaccines and keep our ears open to outbreaks of RSV, Flu, COVID-19, or whatever else is going around.

Also, I was very fortunate to work from home during the outbreak and after. In some ways, this was a blessing because it helped me ease into retirement and separate myself from the attachment to the job.

I caught it a few times and hadn’t been that sick before so a new respect was gained.

I have a better appreciation for life. Now that I’m older I think and do things to stay healthier to fight off whatever I catch.

I worry more for loved ones and friends. Not like before when I would worry about the flu going around and them becoming sick for a few days. Now my worry is what is the virus that will kill many again before a grip on it can be gained.

I still can’t forgive those who villainized doctors and nurses during this time and denied known science.

It was very difficult for my better half who lost both her parents during this, and adapting to that isn’t possible. They didn’t pass from COVID-19 but from the stress of it, I believe. They were isolated during this time and couldn’t understand things. Her father became ill and we couldn’t see him in the hospital for weeks. It wasn’t till he had to go to hospice that one of his sons said he was coming to his home for his final few days.

It was worse for her mother when we couldn’t be with her at the end. Those things are not something you can change or adapt to. They are what they are, painful.

Get your Shots.