Yesterday 2019 Here

And we wonder: did we wave goodbye to something permanent without realizing it? Or is that yesterday still waiting for us — just beyond the next turn, once we remember how to breathe easy again?

On that “yesterday” in 2019, people crowded into movie theaters to watch Avengers: Endgame for the third time, mourning Iron Man without knowing real grief was coming. They squeezed into budget flights to Barcelona or Bangkok without a mask in sight, let alone a thought about PCR tests. Office workers shook hands in meetings. Kids shared lunch, trading soggy sandwiches and laughter, no six-foot rules. Hand sanitizer was a quirky desk accessory, not a lifeline. yesterday 2019

Now, looking into that yesterday feels like watching home movies of a house before the fire. We see ourselves hugging strangers at concerts, touching elevator buttons without a second thought, coughing in public without a moral panic. And we wonder: did we wave goodbye to