Reading through the Covid statistics on death, illness, damage to the body and soul, and lingering aftereffects is heartbreaking. I thought I knew a lot about Covid, but until I got it, I didn’t dig too deep. There is so much bad news in the world that I don’t have the emotional space to take it in.
My Covid, I realize, is not done; I have, at best, several more seeks to get through, and at worst, a month or so. I have no fever and can write, eat, and sleep, but Covid is giving me a drubbing, especially with heart disease and diabetes.
When it strikes, Covid can affect the whole body and some of the soul. I can’t help but think of all the suffering it has caused, in total, beyond my imagination.
When you get it, of course, you see it entirely differently. It’s no longer something that happened to other people. It came right into my house and swung its hammer.
The odds are excellent and very much in my favor, but this is not flue or cold. I’ve got to get my head straight about it. Attitude is so important in health, and I have to adjust mine, as I have done before.
One thing I want to do is to dedicate these Sunday flower photos to the Covid people; there are quite a few. To those who died, those who died alone and suffered, those who survived, those who are struggling with its variants, and those who will.
We are a community now, us Covid people, like it or not, and I see all of you as my brothers and sisters. We certainly have no trouble talking to one another.
I think of you all, honor you, and wish you well. I want to be a gentler and kinder company. Many died, didn’t need to pass and died due to neglect, poverty, or politics. I dedicate my flower photos to all of you and hope for a better world. These flower pictures today are for you.
I haven’t missed a single day of flower photos, and I’m proud of that. Today is no exception.
Covid is invasive and unpredictable, but it hasn’t shut me down, and it won’t. In a few days, I can drop all restrictions on my movement, and my writing has been slowed down a bit but not stopped, not once or for a single day. Maybe I can taste food again soon. I miss it.
I am especially fond of flower photos after the rain or spraying. I think they seem so alive and rich; Maria calls them “juicy.”
If I catch the light right, it feels like I have entered another realm, another world, a mystical and spiritual place. I keep traveling there. It is uplifting and soul-nourishing.
I owe my life to the wonders of medical science…from constant sickness in childhood, a difficult childbirth with my first born and now Covid vaccines and medicines…I am deeply grateful that I was able to stay home during the worst of the pandemic, because I could afford to. I agree with you, I am trying to see what I will be like now that I have had Covid. I am over most of the cough and congestion, though yesterday I had a weird headache. My energy level is still very low but I did walk today and do a bit of yard work…I am glad you are doing well and thank you for the photographs.
Thanks for the message Carol, and good luck to you. Hang in there, the truth is I’m not sure yet how well I’m doing, as you pointed out, that’s part of the mystery. Thanks for writing.
Thank you for the dedication. It’s been since 2020 and surviving Covid we are so careful about masking and leaving the house. With cancer and MS and for me other health problems, I’m glad other people understand. I think — no I know this isolation has caused me to be depressed. Your flower photos, as usual, are beautiful. I’m glad Maria is better, and Jon I hope you beat this horrible beast.
I will, Jean, I hope you are also, and thanks..I see we are a community…Good people
I was very grateful for the Covid vax and boosters and infusion when I got Covid in June. I wasn’t nearly as sick as you are and I’m not giving advice. Please let your body heal at its own pace. I hope that taking more time now will reduce the random symptoms later. Yes, HEAL is the word for all of this. Take care.
Heal is a good word Laura..
Thank you for your beautiful photos! They are uplifting and full of life! I read your blog and Maria’s everyday and on the days that I’m zapped by the long haul effects of Covid your blogs inspire me and lift me up. Your pictures are just what I need to get motivated! Thank you!
Thanks Josie, you will get better…zapped is a good word; I think I’ll borrow it
Jon, I continue to be amazed at your *journey* through this illness, your determination and the hopeful, positive attitude you have maintained through it all. I feel that you are providing hope, support and encouragement to all who have (and are) facing this………. I think you are doing even greater good that you know, by sharing your story. It is a very important story for so many.
Susan M
Susan, this is nourishing and inspiring to hear…lifts me right up…
Just know that for some, perhaps many, it is not enough to have the intent and will to carry on, Covid strips the body and soul of energy, leaving one in a listless pool of mindless dottiness. It is a strange, foreign world, and I don’t know if there is an exit strategy, ‘cus even though I am “well” again, Covid has stripped will, intent and drive from my bones. There are days with a flash of forward momentum and I do believe there will be more, but there are still too many days where staring mindlessly at a screen/wall/window is exhausting enough. With Covid will power can not always win out. Patience (ugggh) and kindness to onesself seem to be predominant factors in reaching for a semblance of normalcy.
Hang in there Maryna, sounds like you’ve been though a lot..