The novel SARS-CoV-2 hit fast and hard in 2020. By December 31, it had killed roughly 414,000 people.
My Dad was one of them.
The last time I’d spoken to him was in November, the day I successfully defended my dissertation proposal–a thing for which he was super proud and eager for me to complete. The next week, I debuted as Lavinia Vale. The next week, he became sick. Then it became Covid-related pneumonia. Then he was gone. We buried him on December 31, 2020, in a military funeral.x
This act debuted 6 weeks later.
The novel SARS-CoV-2 hit fast and hard in 2020. By December 31, it had killed roughly 414,000 people.
My Dad was one of them.
The last time I’d spoken to him was in November, the day I successfully defended my dissertation proposal–a thing for which he was super proud and eager for me to complete. The next week, I debuted as Lavinia Vale. The next week, he became sick. Then it became Covid-related pneumonia. Then he was gone. We buried him on December 31, 2020, in a military funeral.x
This act debuted 6 weeks later.
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