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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

<strong> I was about to throw away a wilting bouquet of flowers when I noticed there's beauty *because* of the dark edges, not in spite of them. It made me think of the pandemic,</strong> and whether it's brought anything beautiful with it that I wouldn't have seen before. It's hard to answer that question. This week<strong> I'm angry with the Facebook hordes posting selfies with their vaccine bandaids.</strong> My state is way behind, and there's no vaccine in sight for me.<strong> I'm about to miss yet another family wedding, and my elderly mother is in steep decline 3000 miles away.</strong> I'm genuinely happy for those who can get vaccines. But I've stopped logging into Facebook because it just leaves me feeling tearful.