Content

• The Scene: The Other Side of the Pandemic.
• The Prologue: Damsel In Distress.
• Act 1: Self-Doubt Creeps In.
• Act 2: I Miss My Instant Gratification.
• Act 3: It’s No Dark Magic, After All.
• The Epilogue: This Is Not Your Cinderella Story.

The Scene: The Other Side of the Pandemic

It was mid-March 2020 in San Francisco and our team sighed in relief. After countless hours of effort we rescued the world from a deadly influenza strain.

We discovered the vaccine and distributed it everywhere necessary. We high-fived, elbow-bumped and basked in the glory of our victory for humanity.

My husband and I spent a week binge-playing a board…