I ask my dark-haired, Latin husband, as he stirs scrambled eggs for three of our adopted daughters, “Do you know what ‘Corona’ means?” “Crown”, he answers without stopping a second. “Are you sure? How do you know?” My skepticism rises. “The word is Spanish.” I stop, freeze in the kitchen, convinced my Spanish-speaking husband knew what […]
Washington State’s Governor announced an extended quarantine, until May 4th. But even then, it sounds like quarantine may extend past that date. Boeing just shut down “until further notice” and there are rumors of everything stopping until July. I drive by Providence Medical Center in Everett. The place of the first known case of Coronavirus in America. […]
I was born at the hospital where the first case of Coronavirus was diagnosed in the U.S.A I delivered my son and daughter there decades ago. My parents still live six houses away. I was both raised and owned a house, for a collective thirty plus years, steps away from that Providence Hospital. Today, I wanted […]
My blood is boiling. I try to breathe deep, see clearly, slow my heart rhythm in order to evaluate this situation fully. Growing up in a home where there was literal singing, almost always, talk of joy and goodness, patience and saint-like acceptance of others… My initial thoughts are to tame this perpetual anger inside me. […]
My two-year-old just finished a google video call with her hearing specialist. It was one where she shut the laptop, clicked off the video and got out of range of the therapist, time and time again… Still, we are thankful, some assemblance of appoointments and schedules are still resuming.. The world has stopped, store shelves lie […]
He held a paper in his hands that gave him authorization to be on the roads. I didn’t understand until my husband explains, “Complete lockdown is likely coming to Washington soon, just like what’s happened in other states.” My mind spins and tries to peg down this reality. After all, I’m just a girl who played […]