What If, Today Was All We Had?

Ever since COVID-19, life has changed dramatically. For us, we’ve been fortunate — things haven’t been too bad; I do miss being able to go out and take my time window shopping at grocery aisles, but is that really a problem when there are so many more people more unfortunate than we are?

We moved back to the States a little less than a year ago, after 3 years of non-stop traveling. The travel was fun, but moving from place to place wasn’t; and when you’ve been to enough cities in short enough the time, travel loses its magic — moments that should feel special don’t, and the last thing we wanted was to lose our appreciation for travel.

More importantly though, we came home because we missed family.
There’s something magical about being in the presence of a loved one’s smile, to bask in the familiarity of their habits, to revel in the echoes of their laughter that you can’t get through video alone.

But living at home has its disadvantages too — especially when you’re no longer twelve but thirty-two…and with your then-girlfriend-now-wife.
For one, there’s a lack of privacy — my parents do their best in respecting boundaries, but because we we live in a small home and the walls are thin, getting intimate on most nights (or really any night) can be a challenge.