One of the most pronounced feelings of relief I have experienced in my whole life was early last Friday afternoon in a Wesleyan University parking lot near the sports complex on the far side of the campus in Middletown. Connecticut.
My wife and I received the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination. A rolled up (in my case) left sleeve a quick pinch and Specialist 4 in the Connecticut National Guard who've been making this process work as seamlessly as it has handed me my vaccination card and a metal button so I could tell the world.
On that very same day, 69,486 new cases across our country were reported and 1,000 people died. I suspect nearly every person had someone they loved and who loved them, plans not yet fulfilled and dreams still waiting to take wing. And now, for too many for so long, no salvation because indolence and ignorance ruled the day at a time when attention and action were needed.
Make the most of what you're given because it won't pass this way again.
-bill kenny
