Sarah Smalls is heading back to her old routine, now that she’s completely vaccinated against Covid-19. He hosted the Easter dinner. Her adult son is now stopping for indoor visits. She and her husband plan to travel again.
But like many other newly vaccinated Americans, Ms. Smalls, 74, who lives in Lorton, Virginia, is not just looking to thaw and resume pre-pandemic life.
Ms Smalls says the person who went into the pandemic is not the same person who came out. It appears with new objectives, priorities and concerns. The long pause that forced both isolation and introspection was a catalyst to change course.
Mrs. Smalls finally intends to learn to swim. She wants to take weekend trips with her best friends. And most importantly, he will not return to the frantic pace he has held for years while raising three grandchildren and working for a nonprofit. During the pandemic, she left her staff to consult with the group, a change she said she had not expected to make for several years.
As the children say, “I’ll do it,” says Mrs. Smalls. “It took a pandemic to come and show me that you don’t have much time to do what you want to do. He gave me that blow and it was a hard blow. ”