Me neither! I discovered him quite by accident. I love his characters, and he is my favorite author right now. ♥️

problem. Her car must have had some kind of problem." Who has a comment TO A MOM about the death of her daughter??!

As I said earlier, I spend much time in a Twilight Zone episode. I thought I understood what this country (the world) was about, but apparently, I completely missed "reality?"

Can you even imagine a mom sharing that her daughter died of cancer and having someone respond, "I had cancer and didn't even have any symptoms. I don't see what the fuss is all about." Or having a child die in a car accident and someone responding, "I've driven cars all my life and never had a

"I heard people with the vaccine got it worse than those who didn't have it." "I had COVID and didn't even have any symptoms." "It was no big deal. They just made it a big deal to control you."

Having a loved one die of COVID-19 is a license for rude comments and attacks.

mboldened to shove their politics in my face. "It wasn't COVID that killed her; it was the vaccine. My friend had the vaccine and....." "COVID isn't even real. The government just made it up to control people." "Like, I know your daughter died of COVID, but like, how did she die?"

is another unacknowledged cruelty of this loss--of THIS loss and the million others who lost their family members, too.

The anti-vaxxers are still very much alive and well, as you have pointed out. Since my daughter's death, I've had comments from people who feel e

, it was a mere sniffle. But while in the hospital giving birth, my daughter was already complaining of chest pain, and a few days later, she found herself intubated and fighting for her life--alone. We were not allowed to be with her, which

several times a day and planning our teaching together, and we hung out at least once a week. We talked about these issues, got vaccinated, and wore masks, but we got it anyway. We had no reason to believe we would be impacted negatively. According to the government

We were ordered back to school in the biggest swell of COVID-19 (Jan 2022). Like Florida, leaders denied COVID's risks and turned it into a political issue, accusing people of being leftist crazies if they wanted the vaccine or a mask. My daughter and I were very close, talking

Thank you for your recent article on why the vax-haters "won." Those people have directly impacted my life in a way I never saw coming.

My daughter, a teacher in Texas, died of COVID-19 a few days after giving birth to her only child. Actually, we were both teachers.

I am so sorry for the loss of your daughter. Ours passed away Feb 13 (2022). My heart goes out to you and your family as you walk this lonely path of grief.