Daily writing prompt
If you could erase one event from history, what would it be?

Unfortunately I’m the type of person who doesn’t always see eye to eye with the opinions of other people. This is one of my many flaws. However, if I had to stop ne event from occurring, I think it would have been the covid pandemic. Just like nearly everybody else on earth, I had moments of anxiety as I sat home for months on end realizing nothing would ever be the same again. I hated wearing the masks and I pretty much had to watch my back when attending any sort of event. My younger brother got married only a few months into the start of the pandemic. As I lived in assisted living at the time I knew I would face consequences of two weeks worth of isolation just for participating. This was something I was warned of by my landlord weeks before the event, that I would have to isolate and that it wasn’t a good idea, ETC. Despite this, I still attended the wedding but had a hard time enjoying the festivities as I would be distracted by the impending threat of the fortnight isolation. I still tried to make the best of it and when I got back, sure enough I was blindsided by such a requirement which at the time resulted in me getting no sleep and breaking the record for the amount of times I called mom in the middle of the night to discuss the situation. I started at midnight before finally reaching her at 7 a.m. At this point I had called her a staggering 41 times between midnight at 7 a.m. This would not happen these days. This was just one of the many things I wish never occurred.

Fast forward six years later and my views have changed significantly. In a complete 180 from my views back then, I now appreciate being able to stay home when I can as I have gone out a lot recently! It just seems funny to me how things change but they did. To answer the question though, I would remove the covid pandemic all together. I think everybody would have. At least things are much better now.

By Jefferson Bert

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