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

“Retirement is not the end of the road. It is the beginning of the open highway.” Unfortunately, a mere two months after my January 2020 retirement, the presence of COVID-19 transformed that glorious and inviting open highway into a bleak "no through" road. My husband, who retired in August 2019, has repeatedly said that it feels as though we've been unceremoniously robbed of the freedom that we labored over four decades to secure. It is simply incomprehensible--like something out of a dystopian novel--that a dangerous virus could appear on the scene and immediately throw up a stop sign to effectively halt numerous aspects of our lives and those of others around the globe.