Category Health & Caregiving
Charlette
G
44
Roanoke
North America
The Thermometer and the Hymn
When the fever hit 102, I started bargaining with God. We’d made it seven months into lockdown without getting sick. I was working from home, Mom had moved into our guest room, and we did everything right—wiped groceries, masked indoors, kept windows open. But the virus didn’t care. One morning, ...