In our new reality we mourn what was, while feeling grateful for what is
Shevy hates wearing her mask. “Everyone looks like a zombie, including me,” she laments. Her mom concurs: “What’s the point of putting on your sheitel and trying to look decent when you’ve got this ‘shmatteh’ on your face?”
We understand that health comes before beauty, but that doesn’t mean we like it.
“My little kids think that this is how people look and act. You put a mask on. You get your hands spritzed. Then you can shop. I feel bad for them. This isn’t the world I want to be living in.”
Illness and death are far more “bothersome” than masks and hand sanitizer, of course. We are all doing what we have to do. But we aren’t all liking it.
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