A comeback from Covid
Maya’s sleep was broken by her only companion: her mobile phone. She picked up the phone as quickly as her disease-weakened body allowed her. She had been awaiting the sound of that beep for a long time. As she stared at the phone’s screen, a tiny bit of joy and a sliver of guilt came to her at once like yin and yang. Was it wrong to feel so happy in this situation? But why not? Feeling happy for oneself is one of the greatest joys. Why was she feeling guilty about it? Perhaps it was because she had always put the happiness of her family before herself. And had she expressed how happy she was in the current situation, she would have been labeled awkward, weird, and selfish. She was in the Covid ward after all. Maya closed her eyes and brushed off the cobwebs of thoughts. ‘Live in the moment. Live in the moment, Maya’. With a hint of smile on her face, she opened the message on her phone: “Hey, maybe you should start with Heidi. It’s the story of a little girl who helps her loved ones