It All Happened At Once

It all happened at once.

At the same time yesterday afternoon, the news came of the first COVID-19  positive case in Wayne County, the power flickered, the Internet went out and cable television went kaput and we became vulnerable.

I’m not a very pleasant person lately and my wife and technology have been my anchors. You take either and I can become most unpleasant. She can tell you about the latter.

I was on an important Zoom meeting. It crashed. That meant I could take in some television…no, wait, if the Internet is gone, that means my cable and the streaming services are gone. Know any good books?

In about an hour’s time I felt threatened, frustrated, angry and finally…I came to my senses.

There is a person out there within the sound of my voice who feels all those things and so many more emotions by virtue of testing positive for the coronavirus. She has isolated herself at home but things could change and she certainly must feel all those emotions that I foolishly experienced because my lame technology failed.  I was sweating the small stuff. Shame on me. For a moment we need to look at the big picture.

We might think…heck it's only one person out of 16,332 people in the county. But to that person…who got the news yesterday…..and the people around her….it’s a pretty big deal.

And it all happened at once.